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 <br class="br">„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."
William Blake buch The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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.”
William Blake buch The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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.”
William Blake buch The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Quelle: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
William Blake On Another's Sorrow
On Another's Sorrow, st. 1
1780s, Songs of Innocence (1789–1790)
William Blake Songs of Innocence and of Experience
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.”
William Blake buch The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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.”
William Blake Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Quelle: Songs of Innocence and of Experience

