William Blake
Birthdate: November 28, 1757
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: August 12, 1827
Occupation: Artist and Poet
Profile: A leading figure in Romanticism and one of Britain's greatest artists and poets.
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake
Number of Quotes: 8
And did those feet in ancient time walk upon England's mountains green?
I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it is, infinite.
Love seeketh only Self to please,
To bind another to its delight,
Joys in another's loss of ease,
And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite.
Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.
My mother groan'd, my father wept,
Into the dangerous world I leapt;
Helpless, naked, piping loud,
Like a fiend hid in a cloud.
No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.
The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
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