No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.Proverbs of Hell, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790
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William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker who is known for his visionary art and mystical poetry. His works often explored themes of spirituality, imagination, and the nature of existence, and he is considered one of the most significant figures of the Romantic age in literature.
1757–1827·lived 69 years
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.Proverbs of Hell, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.
Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.
To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.
To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.Auguries of Innocence, 1803
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.Jerusalem: The Emanation of The Giant Albion, Plate 91, 1804-1820
Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.Selected Poetry
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790
Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.The Divine Image, Songs of Innocence, 1789
The true method of knowledge is experiment.All Religions are One, 1788
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.Auguries of Innocence, 1803
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790
That’s all 14 quotes by William Blake.