Quotations of Blake

Quotations of William Blake (1757-1827) from Annotations to Lavater, 1788 (age 31) Damn sneerers! True superstition is ignorant honesty & this is beloved of god and man. Forgiveness of enemies can only come upon their repentance. Active Evil is better than Passive Good. They suppose that Woman's Love is Sin; in consequence all the Loves & Graces with them are Sin. from Annotations to Swedenborg, 1788 There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to …

…Love! was thought a crime. from Annotations to Watson, 1798 The Man who pretends to be a modest enquirer into the truth of a self evident thing is a Knave. from the Notebook, 1800-03 When a Man has Married a Wife he finds out whether / Her Knees & elbows are only glued together from Ms Notebook, 1808-11 To God If you have form'd a Circle to go into, / Go into it yourself & see how you would do.