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William Blake Quotes

«As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.»
«My mother groan'd, my father wept Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping loud, Like a fiend hid in a cloud»
«Dip him in the river who loves water.»
Author: William Blake (Engraver, Mystic, Painter, Poet) | About: Mind | Keywords: dip
«Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.»
«The essentials to happiness are something to love, something to do, and something to hope for.»
«He who loves his enemies betrays his friends; this surely is not what Jesus meant.»
Author: William Blake (Engraver, Mystic, Painter, Poet) | Keywords: betrays
«The arts of peace are great,And no less glorious than those of war.»
«Come live, and be merry, and join with me,To sing the sweet chorus of 'Ha ha he!'»
«'Twas on a Holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean, / The children walking two and two, in red and blue and green.»
«Father! father! where are you going? / O do not walk so fast. / Speak, father, speak to your little boy, / Or else I shall be lost.»