William Blake

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

All wholesome food is caught without a net or a trap.

The hours of folly are measur'd by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure.

The busy bee has no time for sorrow.

Eternity is in love with the productions of time.

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. He whose face gives no light shall never become a star.

He who desires but acts not breeds pestilence.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Opposition is true Friendship.

The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling.

The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels and God, and at liberty when of Devils and Hell, is because he was a true poet and of the Devils' party without knowing it.

Without contraries there is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate are necessary to human existence.

Rintrah roars and shakes his fires in the burden'd air; Hungry clouds swag on the deep.

The Foundation of Empire is Art & Science Remove them or Degrade them & the Empire is No More — Empire follows Art & Not Vice Versa as Englishmen suppose.

To Generalize is to be an Idiot. To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit — General Knowledges are those Knowledges that Idiots possess.

Degrade first the arts if you'd mankind degrade, Hire idiots to paint with cold light and hot shade.

I have labour'd hard indeed, & have been borne on angel's wings. Till we meet I beg of God our Saviour to be with you & me, & yours & mine. Pray give my & my wife's love to Mrs Butts & Family, & believe me to remain.

Emerged into the light of day; I still & shall to Eternity Embrace Christianity and Adore him who is the Express image of God

I am not ashamed, afraid, or averse to tell you what Ought to be Told: That I am under the direction of Messengers from Heaven, Daily & Nightly;

In my Brain are studies & Chambers fill'd with books & pictures of old, which I wrote & painted in ages of Eternity before my mortal life;

That the Jews assumed a right Exclusively to the benefits of God. will be a lasting witness against them. & the same will it be against Christians