Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. William Blake More Quotes by William Blake More Quotes From William Blake O Earth, O Earth, return! Arise from out the dewy grass; Night is worn; And the morn Rises from the slumbrous mass. William Blake earth morning night First thought is best in Art, second in other matters. William Blake inspirational life art Eternity is in love with the productions of time. William Blake eternity time love He who doubts from what he sees William Blake please doubt believe Without minute neatness of execution, the sublime cannot exist! Grandeur of ideas is founded on precision of ideas. William Blake execution sublime ideas To be an Error and to be Cast out is a part of God's Design. William Blake casts design errors More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul. William Blake cry soul wisdom Can I see a falling tear, William Blake sorrow compassion fall The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God. William Blake pride wisdom work In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. William Blake nature thinking-of-you life Pity would be no more, If we did not make somebody poor. Mercy no more could be, If all were happy as we. William Blake pity mercy would-be Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence. William Blake hate energy love Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. William Blake science death art The world of imagination is the world of eternity. It is the divine bosom into which we shall all go after death of the vegetative body. William Blake body imagination world Commerce is so far from being beneficial to arts, or to empire, that it is destructive of both, as all their history shows, for the above reason of individual merit being its great hatred. Empires flourish till they become commercial, and then they are scattered abroad to the four winds. William Blake business wind art One thought fills immensity. William Blake immensity ideas thinking Christianity is art and not money. Money is its curse. William Blake money christianity art Life delights in life. William Blake delight Lo! now the direful monster, whose skin clings William Blake rocks strong winter The Bat that flits at close of Eve William Blake scary night believe