Top 400 William Blake Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “The hand of Vengeance found the Bed To which the Purple Tyrant fled The iron hand crush’d the tyrant’s head And became Tyrant in his stead.”

— William Blake

102. “The ruins of time build mansions in eternity.”

— William Blake

103. “To some people a tree is something so incredibly beautiful that it brings tears to the eyes. To others it is just a green thing that stands in the way.”

— William Blake

104. “In every cry of every man, In every infant’s cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forg’d manacles I hear.”

— William Blake

105. “I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand.”

— William Blake

106. “The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.”

— William Blake

107. “One thought fills immensity.”

— William Blake

108. “Imitation is criticism.”

— William Blake

109. “How can the bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing? How can a child, when fears annoy, But droop his tender wing, And forget his youthful spring?”

— William Blake

110. “Hold infinity in the palm of your hand.”

— William Blake

111. “Children of the future age Reading this indignant page Know that in a former time Love, sweet love, was thought a crime.”

— William Blake

112. “Exuberance is beauty.”

— William Blake

113. “Everything is beautiful in its own way. Exuberance is beauty.”

— William Blake

114. “God appears, and God is Light, to those poor souls who dwell in Night; but does a Human Form display to those who dwell in realms of Day.”

— William Blake

115. “The eye sees more than the heart knows.”

— William Blake

116. “First thought is best in Art, second in other matters.”

— William Blake

117. “I cry, Love! Love! Love! happy happy Love! free as the mountain wind!”

— William Blake

118. “Without contraries there is no progression.”

— William Blake

119. “I give you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven’s gate Built in Jerusalem’s wall.”

— William Blake

120. “A dog starved at his master’s gate Predicts the ruin of the state.”

— William Blake

121. “Drive your cart and plow over the bones of the dead.”

— William Blake

122. “When thought is closed in caves, then love shall show its root in deepest hell.”

— William Blake

123. “You throw the sand against the wind and the wind blows it back again.”

— William Blake

124. “The fox condemns the trap, not himself.”

— William Blake

125. “Wisdom is sold in a desolate marketplace where none can come to buy.”

— William Blake

126. “If you have form’d a circle to go into, Go into it yourself, and see how you would do. They said this mystery never shall cease: The priest promotes war, and the soldier peace.”

— William Blake

127. “The Goddess Fortune is the devil’s servant, ready to kiss any one’s ass.”

— William Blake

128. “The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.”

— William Blake

129. “He who will not bend to Love must be subdu’d by Fear.”

— William Blake

130. “The weak in courage is strong in cunning.”

— William Blake

131. “Such, such were the joys When we all, girls and boys, In our youth time were seen On the Echoing Green.”

— William Blake

132. “In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.”

— William Blake

133. “There is a Moment in each Day that Satan cannot find.”

— William Blake

134. “Mere enthusiasm is the all in all.”

— William Blake

135. “Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.”

— William Blake

136. “Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.”

— William Blake

137. “The human mind cannot go beyond the gift of God, the Holy Ghost. To suppose that art can go beyond the finest specimens of art that are now in the world is not knowing what art is; it is being blind to the gifts of the spirit.”

— William Blake

138. “Nothing is real beyond imaginative patterns men make of reality.”

— William Blake

139. “And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England’s mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England’s pleasant pastures seen?”

— William Blake

140. “You’ve always had the power right there in your shoes, you just had to learn it for yourself.”

— William Blake

141. “You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue.”

— William Blake

142. “Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.”

— William Blake

143. “If Christianity was morality, Socrates would be the Saviour.”

— William Blake

144. “The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.”

— William Blake

145. “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.”

— William Blake

146. “As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs.”

— William Blake

147. “For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.”

— William Blake

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

— William Blake

149. “The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.”

— William Blake

150. “He who makes his law a curse, by his own law shall surely die.”

— William Blake