“It is easier to forgive an Enemy than to forgive a Friend.”

— William Blake, Jerusalem, c. 1803-1820, plate 91

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.”

“My friends are my "estate." Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them.”

“A Father is a Treasure, a Brother a Comfort ; but a Friend is both.”

“All becoming and growing—all that guarantees a future—involves pain.”

“If you would keep your Secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.”

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”

“The superior man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort.”