Shame is pride's cloak.

Quote by William Blake

Topics: Pride Quotes, Shame Quotes

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

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

The world of imagination is the world of eternity. It is the divine bosom into...

The world of imagination is the world of eternity. It is the divine bosom into...

Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another...

Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another...

Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.

Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it is - infinite

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it is - infinite

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

Exuberance is beauty.

Exuberance is beauty.

Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.

Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to...

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to...

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

Forgiveness of enemies can only come upon their repentance.

Forgiveness of enemies can only come upon their repentance.

Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

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...

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

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.

Every harlot was a virgin once.

Every harlot was a virgin once.

What is now proved was once only imagin'd.

What is now proved was once only imagin'd.

Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, I hear them all at...

Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, I hear them all at...

Sometimes questions are more important than answers.

Sometimes questions are more important than answers.