William Blake Quotes, Art Quotes, Gifts Of The Spirit Quotes

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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As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.

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The lust of the goat is the bounty of God.

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Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.

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I'm sure this Jesus will not do Either for Englishman or Jew.

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Prepare your hearts for Death's cold hand! prepare Your souls for flight, your bodies for the earth; Prepare your arms for glorious victory; Prepare your eyes to meet a holy God! Prepare, prepare!

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The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,The humble sheep a threat'ning horn:While the Lily white shall in love delight,Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.

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To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.

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Mere enthusiasm is the all in all... / Passion and expression are beauty itself.

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

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The Sick Rose O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy, And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.

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Painters are noted for being dissipated and wild.

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Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

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And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles.

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Without contraries there is no progression.

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Exuberance is beauty.

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To cast aside from Poetry, all that is not Inspiration

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When the stars threw down their spears, and watered heaven with their tears, did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

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To Chloe's breast young Cupid slily stole, But he crept in at Myra's pocket-hole.

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Acts themselves alone are history, and these are neither the exclusive property of Hume, Gibbon nor Voltaire, Echard, Rapin, Plutarch, nor Herodotus. Tell me the Acts, O historian, and leave me to reason upon them as I please; away with your reasoning and your rubbish. All that is not action is not worth reading.

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