William Blake Quotes

"Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age."

"The hum of multitudes was there, but multitudes of lambs,Thousands of little boys and girls raising their innocent hands."

"This life's dim windows of the soulDistorts the heavens from pole to poleAnd leads you to believe a lieWhen you see with, not through, the eye."

"Great things are done when men and mountains meet"

"Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street."

"There is a smile of love,And there is a smile of deceit,And there is a smile of smilesIn which these two smiles meet."

"Imitation is criticism."

"And because I am happy and dance and sing,They think they have done me no injury."

"Since all the riches of this world May be gifts from the Devil and earthly kings, I should suspect that I worshipp'd the Devil If I thank'd my God for worldly things"

"Man's Desires are limited by his Perceptions; none can desire what he has not perceived."

"Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained."

"Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained."

"The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction."

"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself."

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

"You never know what is enough unless you know more than enough."

"Eternity is in love with the productions of time."

"It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend."

"The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar's laurel crown."

"Mechanical excellence is the only vehicle of genius."