William Blake Quotes, Eye Quotes, Self Quotes

The gulfing whale was like a dot in the spell. Yet look upon it, and 'twould size and swell To its huge self, and the minutest fish Would pass the very hardest gazer's wish, And show his little eye's anatomy.

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The Old and New Testaments are the Great Code of Art.

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When Sir Joshua Reynolds died All Nature was degraded; The King dropped a tear in the Queen's ear, And all his pictures faded.

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Life delights in life.

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Sleep, sleep, beauty bright,Dreaming o'er the joys of night.Sleep, sleep: in thy sleepLittle sorrows sit and weep.

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I give you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven's gate Built in Jerusalem's wall.

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Why a tender curb upon the youthful burning boy? Why a little curtain of flesh on the bed of our desire?

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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.

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To create a little flower is the labour of ages.

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May God us keep From Single vision and Newton's sleep.

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

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There is a place where Contrarieties are equally True.

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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

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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.

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Execution is the chariot of genius.

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Come live, and be merry, and join with me, To sing the sweet chorus of 'Ha ha he!

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The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

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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.

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When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!

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There is a smile of love, And there is a smile of deceit, And there is a smile of smiles In which these two smiles meet.

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