Zitate von William Blake
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Tiger! Tiger! Brand entfacht in den Wäldern tiefer Nacht.
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Maler, Kupferstecher, Dichter, Mystiker (England, 1757 - 1827).
William Blake · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
William Blake wäre heute 266 Jahre, 11 Monate, 9 Tage oder 97.498 Tage alt.
Geboren am 28.11.1757
Gestorben am 12.08.1827
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Weitere 167 Zitate von William Blake
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The fox condemns the trap, not himself.
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The harlot's cry from street to street shall weave old England's winding sheet.
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The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
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The moon like a flower / In heaven's high bower, / With silent delight, / Sits and smiles on the night.
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The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.
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The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels and God, and at liberty when of Devils and Hell, is because he was a true Poet, and of the Devil's party without knowing it.
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom; for we never know what is enough until we know what is more than enough.
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The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar's laurel crown.
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The sword sung on the barren heath The sickle in the fruitful field The sword he sung a song of death, But could not make the sickle yield.
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The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
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The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
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The Vision of Christ that thou dost see Is my vision's greatest enemy Thine has a great hook nose like thine Mine has a snub nose like to mine.
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The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
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The whore and gambler by the State Licensed build that nation's fate The harlot's cry from street to street Shall weave old England's winding sheet.
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Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.
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Then I asked: 'Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?' He replied: 'All Poets believe that it does, and in ages of imagination this firm persuasion removed mountains; but many are not capable of a firm persuasion of anything.'
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Then the Parson might preach, and drink, and sing. And we'd be as happy as birds in the spring: And modest dame Lurch, who is always at church, Would not have bandy children nor fasting nor birch.
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Tiger! Tiger! burning bright / In the forests of the night, / What immortal hand or eye / Could frame thy fearful symmetry? / In what distant deeps or skies / Burnt the fire of thine eyes? / On what wings dare he aspire? / What the hand dare seize the fire?
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To create a little flower is the labour of ages.
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To forgive enemies H- does pretend Who never in his life forgave a friend.