Quotations of Blake

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from Annotations to Lavater, 1788 (age 31)

True superstition is ignorant honesty & this is beloved of god and man.

Forgiveness of enemies can only come upon their repentance.

Active Evil is better than Passive Good.

They suppose that Woman's Love is Sin; in consequence all the Loves & Graces with them are Sin.

from Annotations to Swedenborg, 1788

There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness.

from There Is No Natural Religion, 1788

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

The true method of knowledge is experiment.

from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790-93

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

If you have form'd a Circle to go into, / Go into it yourself & see how you would do.

What is it men in women do require? The lineaments of Gratified Desire. / What is it women do in men require? The lineaments of Gratified Desire.

The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow.

The voice of honest indignation is the voice of God.

Man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.

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

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Category: English

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