155 Quotations by William Blake
- 81. Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.
- 82. Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.
- 83. Shame is Pride's cloke.
- 84. Some say that happiness is not good for mortals, and they ought to be answered that sorrow is not fi ...
- 85. Sooner murder an infant in its cradle, than nurse unacted desires.
- 86. That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against t ...
- 87. The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion the horse, how he shall take his ...
- 88. The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.
- 89. The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
- 90. The bird, a nest; the spider, a web; man, friendship.
- 91. The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
- 92. The cistern contains: the fountain overflows.
- 93. The cistern contains: The fountain overflows.
- 94. The cistern contains: The fountain overflows.
- 95. The crow wish'd everything was black, the owl, that every thing was white.
- 96. The cut worm forgives the plow.
- 97. The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the crow.
- 98. The eyes of fire, the nostrils of air, the mouth of war, the beard of earth.
- 99. The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
- 100. The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. ...
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