William Blake Quotes, Angel Quotes, Light Quotes

Thou fair-hair'd angel of the evening, Now, whilst the sun rests on the mountains, light Thy bright torch of love; thy radiant crown Put on, and smile upon our evening bed!

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You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue.

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As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.

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More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul.

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The ignorant Insults of Individuals will not hinder me from doing my duty to my Art

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Every Night and every Morn Some to Misery are born. Every Morn and every Night Some are born to Sweet Delight, Some are born to Endless Night.

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There is a place where Contrarieties are equally True.

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None but blockheads copy each other.

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He who does not imagine in stronger and better lineaments, and in stronger and better light than his perishing and mortal eye can see, does not imagine at all.

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Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.

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Mans desires are limited by his perceptions; none can desire what he has not perceived.

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'Come hither, my boy, tell me what thou seest there?' 'A fool tangled in a religious snare.'

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

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It is an easy thing to talk of patience to the afflicted.

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To me this world is all one continued vision of fancy or imagination, and I feel flattered when I am told so. What is it sets Homer, Virgil and Milton in so high a rank of art? Why is the Bible more entertaining and instructive than any other book? Is it not because they are addressed to the imagination, which is spiritual sensation, and but immediately to the understanding or reason?

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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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A musician, an artist, an architect: the man or woman who is not one of these is not a Christian.

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

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Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true.

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