“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”
Wisdom
“The weak in courage is strong in cunning.”
CourageAll Quotes by William Blake
“Opposition is true friendship.”
Friendship“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”
Thankful“The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.”
Forgiveness“Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.”
Sympathy“The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.”
Travel“When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.”
Truth“The weak in courage is strong in cunning.”
Courage“Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.”
Travel“He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise.”
Life“To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.”
Money“Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.”
Music“Great things are done when men and mountains meet.”
Great“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.”
Age“Exuberance is beauty.”
Beauty“Active Evil is better than Passive Good.”
Good“He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.”
Art“Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.”
Religion“Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.”
Morning“Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.”
Art