William Blake citáty

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„Ľahšie je odpustiť nepriateľovi ako priateľovi.“

„Keby sa dvere vnímania očistili, každá vec by sa človeku javila taká, aká je - nekonečná. Človek sa totiž uzatvoril do seba, až kým neuvidí všetky veci cez úzke štrbiny svojej jaskyne.“

„Milosrdenstvo je zlatá reťaz, ktorou je spoločnosť spojená.“

„Ráno premýšľajte. Na poludnie konajte. Večer jedzte. V noci spite.“

„Ak niečo miluje, je to nekonečné.“

„Ľudia môžu zmeniť svoj život zmenou svojich myšlienkových postojov.“

„Umenie je stromom života. Veda, to je strom smrti.“

„Náš život je úsilie a práca; dokonalý oddych nás očakáva až v hrobe.“

„Ľudská duša je sviečkou Boha.“

„Znalosť je život s krídlami“

„Láska sa neteší sama zo seba ani sa nestará sama o seba, ale celá sa dáva.“

„Odpustenie je väčším dôkazom lásky ako žiarlivosť.“

„Láska zušľachťuje všetko, čomu príroda odmietla krásu.“

„Pravda povedaná so zlým úmyslom je niekedy podlejšia než všetky klamstvá, ktoré je možné vymyslieť.“

„Bohyňa šťastia je sluha diabla pripravená pobozkať rite všetkým.“

„Povrchná a unáhlená práca nie je nič iné než klamstvo, za ktoré sa človek má hanbiť.“

„To čo je dnes dokázané, bolo kedysi len obyčajnou predstavou.“

„Chyby mudrcov nie sú také nebezpečné, ako dokonalosť bláznov.“

„Vždy povedz, čo si myslíš a podlý človek sa ti vyhne.“

„Vezenia sa budujú z kameňov zákona, bordely z tehál náboženstva.“

„Človek, ktorý nikdy nemení svoje názory, je ako stojatá voda a plodí plazy mysle.“

„Kde sa stretne človek a hora, môžu sa diať veľké veci.“

„Keby blázon vytrval vo svojom bláznovstve, stal by sa múdrym.“

„Keby sa dvere vnímania očistili, všetko by sa človeku javilo tak, ako je: nekonečne.“

„V čase sejby sa učte, v čase žatvy učte ostatných a v zime sa tešte.“

„Vo vesmíre sú veci, ktoré sú známe, a veci, ktoré sú neznáme, a medzi nimi sú dvere.“

„Niektorí sa rodia pre sladkú rozkoš, iní pre nekonečnú noc.“

„Cesta výstrednosti vedie do paláca múdrosti.“

„Dobre si všimni výčitky hlupáka: vyrovnajú sa kráľovskému vyznamenaniu!“

„Mladé ženy sú každá iná, staré všetky na jedno kopyto.“

„Opatrnosť je bohatá, škaredá stará dievka, ktorej sa dvorí Neschopnosť.“

„To, čo si kedysi len predstavovali, je dnes už dokázané.“

„Tí, ktorí zabraňujú akýmkoľvek túžbam, tak robia preto, lebo ich túžba je príliš slabá a preto jej môžu zabrániť; a ten ktorý obmedzuje túžbam uchváti ich miesto a vládne neochotným.“

„Hodiny hlúposti merajú hodinky, ale múdrosť žiadne hodiny nezmerajú.“

„Tí, ktorí majú svoje vášne pod kontrolou, to robia preto, lebo ich vášne sú natoľko slabé, že sa dajú ovládať.“

“God appears and god is light
To those poor souls who dwell in night
But does a human form display
To those who dwell in realms of day”

“The Old and New Testaments are the great code of art.”

“Pity must join together those whom wrath has torn in sunder”

“The strongest poison ever known
Came from Caesar's laurel crown.”

“And there the lion's ruddy eyes
Shall flow with tears of gold,
And pitying the tender cries,
And walking round the fold,
Saying: "Wrath by his meekness,
And by his health, sickness,
Is driven away
From our immortal day."”

“Abstinence sows sand all over
The ruddy limbs and flaming hair,
But desire gratified
Plants fruits of life and beauty there.”

“Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment.”

“Pity would be no more
If we did not make somebody Poor;
And Mercy no more could be
If all were as happy as we.”

“Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau.
Mock on, mock on — 'tis all in vain!
You throw the sand against the wind,
And the wind blows it back again.”

“There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness.”

“He who doubts from what he sees
Will ne'er believe, do what you please.
If the sun and moon should doubt
They'd immediately go out.”

“I have labour'd hard indeed, & have been borne on angel's wings. Till we meet I beg of God our Saviour to be with you & me, & yours & mine. Pray give my & my wife's love to Mrs Butts & Family, & believe me to remain.”

“A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
He whose face gives no light shall never become a star.”

“I'll shade him from the heat till he can bear
To lean in joy upon our Father's knee;
And then I'll stand and stroke his silver hair,
And be like him and he will then love me.”

“Turn away no more;
Why wilt thou turn away?
The starry floor,
The watery shore
Is given thee till the break of day.”

“My silks and fine array,
My smiles and languished air,
By love are driv'n away;
And mournful lean Despair
Brings me yew to deck my grave:
Such end true lovers have.”

“That the Jews assumed a right Exclusively to the benefits of God. will be a lasting witness against them. & the same will it be against Christians”

“The Angel that presided o'er my birth
Said, "Little creature, formed of joy and mirth,
Go love without the help of any thing on earth."”

“When the voices of children are heard on the green
And laughing is heard on the hill,
My heart is at rest within my breast
And everything else is still.”

“Then old Nobodaddy aloft
Farted and belched and coughed,
And said, "I love hanging and drawing and quartering
Every bit as well as war and slaughtering."”

“Thinking as I do that the Creator of this World is a very Cruel Being & being a Worshipper of Christ, I cannot help saying: "the Son, O how unlike the Father!" First God Almighty comes with a Thump on the Head. Then Jesus Christ comes with a balm to heal it.”

“SUCH VISIONS HAVE APPEARD TO ME
AS I MY ORDERD RACE HAVE RUN
JERUSALEM IS NAMED LIBERTY
AMONG THE SONS OF ALBION”

“Terror in the house does roar,
But Pity stands before the door.”

“How have you left the ancient love
That bards of old enjoyed in you!
The languid strings do scarcely move!
The sound is forced, the notes are few!”

“I asked a thief to steal me a peach:
He turned up his eyes.
I asked a lithe lady to lie her down:
Holy and meek, she cries.

As soon as I went
An angel came.
He winked at the thief
And smiled at the dame—

And without one word said
Had a peach from the tree,
And still as a maid
Enjoyed the lady.”

“Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more.”

“Every tear from every eye
Becomes a babe in eternity.”

“All wholesome food is caught without a net or a trap.”

“When a Man has Married a Wife
He finds out whether
Her Knees & elbows are only
glued together.”