William Blake Quotes, Friendship Quotes, Enemy Quotes

O God, protect me from my friends, that they have not power over me. Thou hast giv'n me power to protect myself from thy bitterest enemies.

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The Angel that presided o'er my birth Said, 'Little creature, formed of joy and mirth, Go love without the help of any thing on earth'.

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Mere enthusiasm is the all in all.

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Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.

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To Chloe's breast young Cupid slily stole, But he crept in at Myra's pocket-hole.

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We are led to believe a lie When we see not through the eye.

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The eye sees more than the heart knows.

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He who pretends to be either painter or engraver without being a master of drawing is an imposter.

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And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles.

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Time is the Mercy of Eternity

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Without contraries there is no progression.

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Some say that happiness is not good for mortals, & they ought to be answered that sorrow is not fit for immortals & is utterly useless to any one; a blight never does good to a tree, & if a blight kill not a tree but it still bear fruit, let none say that the fruit was in consequence of the blight.

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I asked a thief to steal me a peach: He turned up his eyes. I asked a lithe lady to lie her down: Holy and meek, she cries. As soon as I went An angel came. He winked at the thief And smiled at the dame- And without one word spoke Had a peach from the tree, And 'twixt earnest and joke Enjoyed the lady.

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The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool.

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Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals.

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Mutual forgiveness of each vice. Such are the Gates of Paradise.

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When the stars threw down their spears, and watered heaven with their tears, did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

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General knowledges are those knowledges that idiots possess.

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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.

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Nothing is real beyond imaginative patterns men make of reality.

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