English - Poet | November 28, 1757 - August 12, 1827
Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.
William Blake
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Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals.
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What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.
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Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.
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Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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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.
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.
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