I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not hurt them. If they are not wise, the freest government is compelled to be a tyranny. Princes appear…

Quote by William Blake

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A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

Lives in eternity's sun rise.

Lives in eternity's sun rise.

Every harlot was a virgin once.

Every harlot was a virgin once.

If a thing loves, it is infinite.

If a thing loves, it is infinite.

To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower...

To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower...

Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.

Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.

Improvement makes strait roads: but the crooked roads without Improvement are roads of Genius.

Improvement makes strait roads: but the crooked roads without Improvement are roads of Genius.

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I...

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I...

Active Evil is better than Passive Good.

Active Evil is better than Passive Good.

For Mercy has a human heart, Pity, a human face, And Love, the human form...

For Mercy has a human heart, Pity, a human face, And Love, the human form...

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason...

I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason...

Let man wear the fell of the lion, woman the fleece of the sheep.

Let man wear the fell of the lion, woman the fleece of the sheep.

The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.

The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.

Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a...

Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a...

Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth...

Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth...

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

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

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

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

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