William Blake Berühmte Zitate
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„Würden die Pforten der Wahrnehmung gereinigt, erschiene den Menschen alles, wie es ist: unendlich.“
Die Hochzeit von Himmel und Hölle
„If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.“ - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=vkJaAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA215&dq=doors
William Blake Zitate und Sprüche
Beginn von »Auguries of Innocence« (Weissagungen der Unschuld), Pickering (Ballad) Manuscript ca. 1801- 03, S. 13-18
„Gefängnisse werden aus den Steinen der Gesetze errichtet, Bordelle aus den Ziegeln der Religion.“
Die Hochzeit von Himmel und Hölle
William Blake: Zitate auf Englisch
“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.”
Quelle: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 15
No. 1, He Who Binds
1790s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792), Several Questions Answered
Quelle: 1800s, Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 56. Compare Psalm 30:5 (KJV): "weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
Variante: Exuberance is Beauty.
Quelle: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 64
“For every thing that lives is Holy.”
Quelle: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.”
Quelle: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 18
Quelle: The Complete Poetry and Prose
Never Seek to Tell
1790s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792)
“Expect poison from the standing water.”
Quelle: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
The Divine Image, st. 1
1780s, Songs of Innocence (1789–1790)
Quelle: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
“He who desires but acts not breeds pestilence.”
Quelle: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 5
“Prisons are built with stones of law; brothels with bricks of religion.”
Quelle: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 21
“Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.”
Quelle: Songs of Innocence and of Experience