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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

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WILLIAM BLAKE Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake
WILLIAM BLAKE Come live, and be merry, and join with me,To sing the sweet chorus of 'Ha ha he!'
WILLIAM BLAKE I am sure this Jesus will not do, / Either for Englishman or Jew.
WILLIAM BLAKE I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is...
WILLIAM BLAKE He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the sc...
WILLIAM BLAKE Humility is only doubt, / And does the sun and moon blot out.
WILLIAM BLAKE I have mental joys and mental health,Mental friends and mental wealth,I've a wife that I love and th...
WILLIAM BLAKE If the Sun and Moon should doubt, / They'd immediately go out.
WILLIAM BLAKE excuse my enthusiasm or rather madness, for I am really drunk with intellectual vision whenever I ta...
WILLIAM BLAKE The eyes of fire, the nostrils of air, the mouth of war, the beard of earth.
WILLIAM BLAKE A dog starved at his master's gate, Predicts the ruin of the state
WILLIAM BLAKE Dip him in the river who loves water.
WILLIAM BLAKE Tiger! Tiger! burning bright / In the forests of the night, / What immortal hand or eye / Could fram...
WILLIAM BLAKE Enthusiastic Admiration is the first Principle of Knowledge and its last.
WILLIAM BLAKE For he hears the lambs innocent call.And he hears the ewes tender reply.He is watchful while they ar...
WILLIAM BLAKE Every tear from every eye / Becomes a babe in Eternity.
WILLIAM BLAKE Seek Love in the pity of others' woe,In the gentle relief of another's care,In the darkness of night...
WILLIAM BLAKE Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow, too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind...
WILLIAM BLAKE