William Blake híres idézetei
William Blake Idézetek az emberekről
William Blake idézetek
                            „Igazságot nem lehet mondani úgy, hogy megértsék és mégse higgyék el.”
Babits Mihály fordítása
„Rossz szándékkal mondott igazság, Többet árt, mint bármely hazugság.”
Neki tulajdonított idézetek
„A művészet az élet fája, a tudomány a halálé.”
Neki tulajdonított idézetek
William Blake: Idézetek angolul
“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.”
Forrás: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 15
                                        
                                        No. 1, He Who Binds 
1790s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792), Several Questions Answered
                                    
Forrás: 1800s, Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 56. Compare Psalm 30:5 (KJV): "weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
                                        
                                        Változat: Exuberance is Beauty. 
Forrás: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 64
                                    
“For every thing that lives is Holy.”
Forrás: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.”
                                        
                                        Forrás: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 18 
Forrás: The Complete Poetry and Prose
                                    
                                        
                                        Never Seek to Tell 
1790s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792)
                                    
“Expect poison from the standing water.”
Forrás: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
                                        
                                        The Divine Image, st. 1 
1780s, Songs of Innocence (1789–1790) 
Forrás: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
                                    
“He who desires but acts not breeds pestilence.”
Forrás: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 5
“Prisons are built with stones of law; brothels with bricks of religion.”
Forrás: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 21
“Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.”
Forrás: Songs of Innocence and of Experience