William Blake Quotes

William Blake Biography
Type: Poet
Nationality: English
Born: November 28, 1757
Died: August 12, 1827


A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
William Blake

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
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Active Evil is better than Passive Good.
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Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
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Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.
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Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.
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As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
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Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire.
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Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.
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Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?
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Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals.
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Do what you will, this world's a fiction and is made up of contradiction.
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Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
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Every harlot was a virgin once.
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Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
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Exuberance is beauty.
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For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.
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Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth.
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Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
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