“He who shall teach the child to doubt / The rotting grave shall ne'er get out.”

— William Blake, Auguries of Innocence, 1803

About William Blake

1757 – 1827

English poet and artist, author of "Songs of Innocence and of Experience".

“Man was made for joy and woe, and when this we rightly know through the world we safely go.”

“Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more.”

“If a thing loves, it is infinite.”

“From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books.”

“The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.”

“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents.”

“It is time to take action so it becomes the last time that we see a child deprived of education.”

“I am here to speak for the right of education for every child.”

“My father says that education is neither Eastern or Western.”