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Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.

Fate, Duality, Human Condition, Philosophical Observation, Poetic Contrast, Existential Insight

Some are born to sweet delight Some are born to

Some are born to sweet delight Some are born to

Some are born to sweet delight Some are born to

William Blake’s Quotes On Topics

More William Blake Quotes

“Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year. Little lamb, Here I am; Come and lick My white neck; Let me pull Your soft wool; Let me kiss Your soft face; Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year.”

Nature, Innocence, Joy, Poetic Expression, Seasonal Celebration, Pastoral Imagery

“Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?”

Belief, Reality, Perception, Philosophical Question, Epistemological Inquiry, Cognitive Influence

“He who pretends to be either painter or engraver without being a master of drawing is an imposter.”

Art, Mastery, Authenticity, Philosophical Critique, Artistic Integrity, Moral Judgment

“Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.”

Law, Religion, Morality, Societal Critique, Metaphorical Insight, Philosophical Observation

“I'm sure this Jesus will not do Either for Englishman or Jew.”

Religion, Cultural Critique, Philosophical Observation, Spiritual Skepticism, Social Commentary, Poetic Irony

“Colouring does not depend on where the colours are put, but on where the lights and darks are put, and all depends on form and outline, on where that is put.”

Art, Technique, Perception, Philosophical Insight, Artistic Principle, Visual Wisdom

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

Opinion, Stagnation, Growth, Flexibility, Metaphorical Insight, Philosophical Warning

“Arise from out the dewy grass! Night is worn, And the morn Rises from the slumberous mass. "Turn away no more; Why wilt thou turn away? The starry floor, The watery shore, Are given thee till the break of day.”

Nature, Awakening, Renewal, Poetic Expression, Philosophical Encouragement, Cosmic Imagery

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

Anger, Wisdom, Education, Philosophical Metaphor, Emotional Insight, Provocative Statement

“They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.”

Forgiveness, Karma, Morality, Philosophical Insight, Spiritual Wisdom, Ethical Principle

“The Learned, who strive to ascend into Heaven by means of learning, appear to Children like dead horses, when repelled by the celestial spheres.”

Knowledge, Heaven, Innocence, Metaphorical Insight, Philosophical Critique, Spiritual Observation

“Do what you will, this world's a fiction and is made up of contradiction.”

Reality, Fiction, Contradiction, Philosophical Insight, Existential Observation, Poetic Wisdom

“A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage.”

Freedom, Nature, Confinement, Divine Anger, Poetic Metaphor, Philosophical Critique

“The Vision of Christ that thou dost see, Is my vision's greatest enemy. Thine is the Friend of all Mankind, Mine speaks in Parables to the blind. Thine loves the same world that mine hates, Thy heaven-doors are my hell gates.”

Vision, Christ, Contrast, Philosophical Dialogue, Spiritual Perspective, Poetic Opposition

“To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.”

Greed, Perception, Beauty, Philosophical Critique, Metaphorical Insight, Human Nature

“Angels are happier than men and devils, because they are not always prying after good and evil in one another, and eating the tree of knowledge for Satan's gratification.”

Happiness, Morality, Knowledge, Philosophical Observation, Spiritual Insight, Biblical Allusion

“You smile with pomp and rigor, you talk of benevolence and virtue; I act with benevolence and virtue and get murdered time after time.”

Hypocrisy, Virtue, Action, Philosophical Critique, Moral Frustration, Existential Lament

“Everything that lives, lives not alone, nor for itself.”

Interconnectedness, Purpose, Nature, Philosophical Insight, Spiritual Wisdom, Ecological Observation

“Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.”

Nature, Rest, Imagination, Poetic Expression, Philosophical Reflection, Spiritual Comfort

“Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.”

Art, Science, Life, Philosophical Contrast, Cultural Critique, Metaphorical Insight