All William Blake Quotes
Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.
William Blake
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The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.
William Blake
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Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.
William Blake
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The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
William Blake
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Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.
William Blake
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For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.
William Blake
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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.
William Blake
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The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.
William Blake
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You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
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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.
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