“Man was made for joy and woe, and when this we rightly know through the world we safely go.”
William Blake Quotes
1757 – 1827
English poet and artist, author of "Songs of Innocence and of Experience".
26 quotesAbout William Blake on Wikipedia
“Mirth is better than Fun & Happiness is better than Mirth.”
“As a man is, So he Sees. As the Eye is formed, such are its Powers.”
“Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod? / Or Love in a golden bowl?”
“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.”
“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”
“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”
“Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed.”
“The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.”
“Improvement makes straight roads; but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius.”
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand / And a Heaven in a Wild Flower.”
“Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand / And Eternity in an hour.”
“A truth that's told with bad intent / Beats all the lies you can invent.”
“He who shall teach the child to doubt / The rotting grave shall ne'er get out.”
“It is easier to forgive an Enemy than to forgive a Friend.”
