William Blake Quotes Page 2

“When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.”

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

“A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.”

“I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.”

“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.”

“Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.”

“The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”

“The nakedness of woman is the work of God.”

“Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.”