Quote

The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.

William Blake

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
Collector
Engraver
Graphic Artist
Illustrator
Lithographer
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Printer
Theologian
London
England
W. Blake
Uil'iam Bleik
Blake
Peacock
Glory
Pride

More quotes by William Blake

Image
To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.
William Blake
Image
O God, protect me from my friends, that they have not power over me. Thou hast giv'n me power to protect myself from thy bitterest enemies.
William Blake
Image
Forgive what you do not approve & love me for this energetic exertion of my talent
William Blake
Image
A DIVINE IMAGE Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face Terror the human form divine, And Secresy the human dress. The human dress is forged iron, The human form a fiery forge, The human face a furnace sealed, The human heart its hungry gorge.
William Blake
Image
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
William Blake
Image
If you have form'd a circle to go into, Go into it yourself, and see how you would do. They said this mystery never shall cease: The priest promotes war, and the soldier peace.
William Blake
Image
If others had not been foolish, we should be so.
William Blake
Image
When the doors of perception are cleansed, men will see things as they truly are, infinite.
William Blake
Image
First thought is best in Art, second in other matters.
William Blake
Image
Why stand we here trembling around, calling on God for help, and not ourselves, in whom God dwells?
William Blake
Image
Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.
William Blake
Image
Each man is haunted until his humanity awakens.
William Blake
Image
The ancient Poets animated all sensible objects with Gods or Geniuses, calling them by the names and adorning them with the properties of woods, rivers, mountains, lakes, cities, nations, and whatever their enlarged & numerous senses could perceive.
William Blake
Image
Drive your cart and plow over the bones of the dead.
William Blake
Image
The cistern contains: The fountain overflows.
William Blake
Image
Death is terrible, tho' borne on angels' wings!
William Blake
Image
Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.
William Blake
Image
Mans desires are limited by his perceptions none can desire what he has not perceived.
William Blake
Image
Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.
William Blake
Image
Naught can deform the human race Like to the armor's iron brace.
William Blake