We are here to learn to endure the beams of love William Blake More Quotes by William Blake More Quotes From William Blake I thought Love lived in the hot sunshine, William Blake inspirational-love sunshine sweet The fields from Islington to Marybone, To Primrose Hill and Saint John's Wood, Were builded over with pillars of gold; And there Jerusalem's pillars stood. William Blake pillars fields gold Every man who is not an artist is a traitor to his own nature. William Blake traitor artist men Jesus & his apostles & disciples were all artists William Blake disciple artist jesus Acts themselves alone are history, and these are neither the exclusive property of Hume, Gibbon nor Voltaire, Echard, Rapin, Plutarch, nor Herodotus. Tell me the Acts, O historian, and leave me to reason upon them as I please; away with your reasoning and your rubbish. All that is not action is not worth reading. William Blake rubbish reading action The ignorant Insults of Individuals will not hinder me from doing my duty to my Art William Blake insult ignorant art O why was I born with a different face? Why was I not born like the rest of my race? William Blake different-faces born race Every wolf's and lion's howl William Blake hell lions soul Then the Parson might preach, & drink, & sing, And we'd be as happy as birds in the spring; And modest dame Lurch, who is always at Church, Would not have bandy children, nor fasting, nor birch. William Blake spring bird children It is an easy thing to talk of patience to the afflicted. William Blake easy-things affliction easy I am under the direction of messengers from Heaven daily and nightly. William Blake messengers heaven When the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea? O no, no, I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty. William Blake vision fire sun To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess. William Blake merit idiot distinction But when he has done this, let him not say that he knows better than his master, for he only holds a candle in sunshine. William Blake sunshine done masters He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars. William Blake politics hypocrite art A DIVINE IMAGE Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secresy the human dress. The human dress is forged iron, The human form a fiery forge, The human face a furnace sealed, The human heart its hungry gorge. William Blake iron faces heart Lives in eternity's sun rise. William Blake eternity artist sun Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door. William Blake innocence-and-experience angel doors What is it men in women do require: The lineaments of gratified desire. What is it women do in men require: The lineaments of gratified desire. William Blake desire men Bring me an axe and spade, William Blake wind love lying
