General good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocite, flatterer. William Blake More Quotes by William Blake More Quotes From William Blake The Man who pretends to be a modest enquirer into the truth of a self-evident thing is a Knave. William Blake knaves self men Father, O father! what do we here William Blake land fear father The Britons (say historians) were naked, civilized men, learned, studious, abstruse in thought and contemplation; naked, simple, plain in their acts and manners; wiser than after ages. William Blake simple age men We are led to believe a lie When we see not through the eye. William Blake eye believe lying Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: "Pipe a song about a Lamb." So I piped with merry cheer; "Piper, pipe that song again." So I piped; he wept to hear. William Blake laughter cheer song Mere enthusiasm is the all in all. William Blake mere enthusiasm The stars are threshed, and the souls are threshed from their husks. William Blake stars soul I turn my eyes to the schools & universities of Europe And there behold the loom of Locke whose woof rages dire, Washed by the water-wheels of Newton. Black the cloth In heavy wreaths folds over every nation; cruel works Of many wheels I view, wheel without wheel, with cogs tyrannic Moving by compulsion each other: not as those in Eden, which Wheel within wheel in freedom revolve, in harmony & peace. William Blake education school moving Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau! Mock on, mock on: 'Tis all in vain! You throw the sand against the wind, And the wind blows it back again. And every sand becomes a gem Reflected in the beams divine; Blown back they blind the mocking eye, But still in Israel's paths they shine. The atoms of Democritus And Newton's particles of light Are sands upon the Red Sea shore, Where Israel's tents do shine so bright. William Blake eye blow science For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing. If thought is life And strength and breath And the want Of thought is death Then am I A happy fly If I live Or if I die William Blake want wings hands Rome & Greece swept Art into their maw & destroy'd it; a Warlike State never can produce Art. It will Rob & Plunder & accumulate into one place, & Translate & Copy & Buy & Sell & Criticize, but not Make. William Blake rome states art I am going to that country which I have all my life wished to see. William Blake country death I'm sure this Jesus will not do Either for Englishman or Jew. William Blake judaism jew jesus A tyrant is the worst disease, and the cause of all others. William Blake tyrants disease causes Death is terrible, tho' borne on angels' wings! William Blake terrible angel wings I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand. William Blake fighting sleep hands I have conversed with the spiritual Sun. I saw him on Primrose Hill William Blake saws spiritual sun All the destruction in Christian Europe has arisen from deism, which is natural religion. William Blake christian natural europe I was in a Printing-house in Hell, and saw the method in which knowledge is transmitted from generation to generation. William Blake saws generations house When a Man has Married a WifeHe finds out whetherHer Knees & elbows are onlyglued together. William Blake elbows together men
