Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment. 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 eye secret heart Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals. William Blake criminals excuse judging 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 angel evil men Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. William Blake goats lust desire The little ones leaped, and shouted, and laugh'd William Blake hills littles laughing Painters are noted for being dissipated and wild. William Blake painter Art degraded, Imagination denied. William Blake denied imagination art Everything is beautiful in its own way. Exuberance is beauty. William Blake exuberance beautiful way Kill not the moth nor butterfly, For the Last Judgement draweth nigh. William Blake butterfly judgement lasts 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 roots sky tree 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 tools together steps Men are admitted into heaven not because they have curbed or governed their passions, but because they have cultivate their understandings. William Blake passion men heaven Imitation is criticism. William Blake imitation artistic criticism Demonstration, similitude & harmony are objects of reasoning. Invention, identity & melody are objects of intuition. William Blake harmony intuition identity Prepare your hearts for Death's cold hand! prepare William Blake eye heart death General good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocite, flatterer. William Blake scoundrels organized hypocrite One law for the lion and ox is oppression. William Blake lions government law 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 wife pride two 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 eye sea men
