William Blake Quotations | Page 5

Let men do their duty and the women will be such wonders; the female lives from the light of the male: see a male's female dependants, you know the man.

He who wants, but doesn't act, is a pest.

Praises reap not! Joys laugh not! Sorrows weep not!

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

I asked a thief to steal me a peach: He turned up his eyes. I asked a lithe lady to lie her down: Holy and meek, she cries. As soon as I went An angel came. He winked at the thief And smiled at the dame- And without one word spoke Had a peach from the tree, And 'twixt earnest and joke Enjoyed the lady.

The Whole Business of Man is The Arts, & All Things Common.

Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true.

Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are the plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and knave.

Little fly, thy summer's play My thoughtless hand has brushed away. Am not I a fly like thee? Or art not thou a man like me? For I dance and drink and sing, Till some blind hand shall brush my wing!

Where others see but the dawn coming over the hill, I see the soul of God shouting for joy.