William Blake Quotes, Lying Quotes, Eye Quotes

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 pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.

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The world of imagination is the world of eternity.

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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!

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Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?" He replied, "All poets believe it does. And in ages of imagination, this firm persuasion removes mountains; but many are not capable of firm persuasion of anything.

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Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

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The spirits of the air live on the smells Of fruit; and joy, with pinions light, roves round The gardens, or sits singing in the trees.

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For everything exists and not one sigh nor smile nor tear, one hair nor particle of dust, not one can pass away.

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The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow

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Everything is beautiful in its own way. Exuberance is beauty.

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Father, O father! what do we here In this land of unbelief and fear?

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Each man must create his own system or else he is a slave to another mans

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O thou who passest through our valleys in Thy strength, curb thy fierce steeds, allay the heat That flames from their large nostrils! Thou, O Summer, Oft pitchest here thy golden tent, and oft Beneath our oaks hast slept, while we beheld With joy thy ruddy limbs and flourishing hair.

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None but blockheads copy each other.

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O Winter! bar thine adamantine doors: The north is thine; there hast thou build thy dark, Deep-founded habitation. Shake not thy roofs, Nor bend thy pillars with thine iron car.

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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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How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five?

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He who shall hurt the little wren Shall never be beloved by men.

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He who doubts from what he sees Will ne'er believe, do what you please.

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Where any view of money exists, art cannot be carried on.

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