William Blake Quotes

Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are The plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and knave.

William Blake

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 particles.

William Blake

Improvement makes straight roads; but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius.

William Blake

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

William Blake

What seems to be, is, to those to whom it seems to be, and is productive of the most dreadful consequences to those to whom it seems to be, even of torments, despair, eternal death.

William Blake

Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street.

William Blake

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

William Blake

Eternity is in love with the productions of time.

William Blake

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

William Blake

Energy is eternal delight.

William Blake

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

William Blake

I can look at the knot in a piece of wood until it frightens me.

William Blake

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

William Blake

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.

William Blake

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.

William Blake