My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt. William Blake More Quotes by William Blake More Quotes From William Blake The countless gold of a merry heart, The rubies and pearls of a loving eye, The indolent never can bring to the mart, Nor the secret hoard up in his treasury. William Blake eyesecretheart Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals. William Blake criminalsexcusejudging Angels are happier than men and devils, because they are not always prying after good and evil in one another, and eating the tree of knowledge for Satan's gratification. William Blake angelevilmen Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. William Blake goatslustdesire The little ones leaped, and shouted, and laugh'd William Blake hillslittleslaughing Painters are noted for being dissipated and wild. William Blake painter Art degraded, Imagination denied. William Blake deniedimaginationart Everything is beautiful in its own way. Exuberance is beauty. William Blake exuberancebeautifulway Kill not the moth nor butterfly, For the Last Judgement draweth nigh. William Blake butterflyjudgementlasts Down the winding cavern we groped our tedious way, till a void boundless as the nether sky appeared beneath us, and we held by the roots of trees and hung over this immensity; but I said: if you please we will commit ourselves to this void and see whether providence is here also. William Blake rootsskytree Rhetoric completes the tools of learning. Dialectic zeros in on the logic of things, of particular systems of thought or subjects. Rhetoric takes the next grand step and brings all these subjects together into one whole. William Blake toolstogethersteps Men are admitted into heaven not because they have curbed or governed their passions, but because they have cultivate their understandings. William Blake passionmenheaven Imitation is criticism. William Blake imitationartisticcriticism Demonstration, similitude & harmony are objects of reasoning. Invention, identity & melody are objects of intuition. William Blake harmonyintuitionidentity Prepare your hearts for Death's cold hand! prepare William Blake eyeheartdeath General good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocite, flatterer. William Blake scoundrelsorganizedhypocrite One law for the lion and ox is oppression. William Blake lionsgovernmentlaw There is a place where Contrarieties are equally True. William Blake What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride! William Blake wifepridetwo The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man. William Blake eyeseamen
