William Blake Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.”

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

“He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise.”

“When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.”

“Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.”

“When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.”

“Opposition is true friendship.”

“I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.”

“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”

“I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.”