William Blake Quotes, Intuition Quotes, Identity Quotes

Demonstration, similitude & harmony are objects of reasoning. Invention, identity & melody are objects of intuition.

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Lo! now the direful monster, whose skin clings To his strong bones, strides o'er the groaning rocks: He withers all in silence, and his hand Unclothes the earth, and freezes up frail life.

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The human mind cannot go beyond the gift of God, the Holy Ghost. To suppose that art can go beyond the finest specimens of art that are now in the world is not knowing what art is; it is being blind to the gifts of the spirit.

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

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As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.

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Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's.

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Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite.

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Struggling in my father's hands, Striving against my swaddling bands, Bound and weary, I thought best To sulk upon my mother's breast.

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Knowledge of ideal beauty is not to be acquired. It is born with us. Innate ideas are in every man, born with him; theyare truly himself.

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We are here to learn to endure the beams of love

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Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: "Pipe a song about a Lamb." So I piped with merry cheer; "Piper, pipe that song again." So I piped; he wept to hear.

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One law for the lion and ox is oppression.

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God and His Priest and King,...make up a heaven of our misery.

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I asked a thief to steal me a peach: He turned up his eyes. I asked a lithe lady to lie her down: Holy and meek, she cries. As soon as I went An angel came. He winked at the thief And smiled at the dame- And without one word spoke Had a peach from the tree, And 'twixt earnest and joke Enjoyed the lady.

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The mocker of Art is the mocker of Jesus.

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The ancient Poets animated all sensible objects with Gods or Geniuses, calling them by the names and adorning them with the properties of woods, rivers, mountains, lakes, cities, nations, and whatever their enlarged & numerous senses could perceive.

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Without contraries there is no progression.

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To generalize is to be an idiot.

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Knowledge is Life with wings

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Every harlot was a virgin once.

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