William Blake Quotes

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
William Blake

Religion, Conquer, Glory

What is now proved was once only imagined.
William Blake

Once, Imagined, Proved

Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?
William Blake

Sad, Another, Sorrow

Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth.
William Blake

Love, Happiness, Fun

Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.
William Blake

Real, Universe, Shadow

Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire.
William Blake

Desire, Nurse, Infant

To generalize is to be an idiot.
William Blake

Idiot, Generalize

I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.
William Blake

Love, Divine, Mutual

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
William Blake

Wise, Fool, Become

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.
William Blake

Truth, Tell, Defending

Active Evil is better than Passive Good.
William Blake

Good, Evil, Active

If a thing loves, it is infinite.
William Blake

Loves, Infinite

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
William Blake

Time, Enjoy, Learn

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.
William Blake

Enemy, Friend, Person

Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.
William Blake

Music, Poetry, Human

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
William Blake

Sympathy, Joy, Sorrow

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.
William Blake

Travel, Mind, Thoughts

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
William Blake

Mind, Water, Opinions

Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.
William Blake

Beauty, Art, Exist

Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
William Blake

Love, Time, Eternity

Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.
William Blake

Life, Art, Death

Exuberance is beauty.
William Blake

Beauty, Exuberance

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
William Blake

Light, Become, Face

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

Religion, Politics, Wife

The true method of knowledge is experiment.
William Blake

Knowledge, True, Experiment

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: November 28, 1757

Died: August 12, 1827

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