He was a poet, painter, engraver and visionary genius who was misunderstood in his lifetime.
His prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language".
His visual artistry has led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced".
(1757-1827)
As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
~ William Blake
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
~ William Blake
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
~ William Blake
Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?
~ William Blake
When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.
~ William Blake
Lives in eternity's sun rise.
~ William Blake
You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue
without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue.
~ William Blake
Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.
~ William Blake
Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.
~ William Blake
To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of
your hands, and eternity in an hour.
~ William Blake
Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.
~ William Blake
Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
~ William Blake
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
~ William Blake
To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.
~ William Blake
Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.
~ William Blake
Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
~ William Blake
The true method of knowledge is experiment.
~ William Blake
It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect
holiness from one another, but from God only.
~ William Blake
American short story writer, novelist. He was a Nobel Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer.
One of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, his reputation is based mostly on his novels, novellas, and short stories.
He was also a published poet and an occasional screenwriter. The majority of his works are based in his native state of Mississippi.
Faulkner has often been cited as one of the most important writers in the history of American literature.
(1897-1962)
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
~ Charles Dickens
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
~ George Bernard Shaw
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
~ Friedrich NietzscheMore Proverbs
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