Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser’s passion, not the thief s. William Blake Read Quote
You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue. William Blake Read Quote
The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does. William Blake Read Quote
Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow. William Blake Read Quote
When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend. William Blake Read Quote