William Blake Quotes (page 2)

1757–1827, British Poet, Painter · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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“Every harlot was a virgin once.”
Innocence
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“Expect poison from standing water.”
Idleness
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“Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.”
Sorrow
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“The weak in courage is strong in cunning.”
Cunning
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“What is now proved was only once imagined.”
Imagination
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“Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.”
Sorrow
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“To create a little flower is the labor of ages.”
Flowers
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“Eternity is in love with the productions of time.”
Eternity
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“The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”
Excess
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“He who desires but does not act, breeds pestilence.”
Desire
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“Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.”
Nudity
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“The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.”
Wisdom
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“No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.”
Possibilities
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“He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.”
Stardom
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“For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.”
Life and Living
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“Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.”
Prudence
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“The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.”
Wisdom
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“If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out.”
Doubt
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“Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.”
Candor
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“Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed.”
Truth
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“The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass.”
Luck
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“Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.”
Bible
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“When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!”
Birds
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“Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.”
Punishment
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“Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.”
Rules
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“Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.”
Energy
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