{"id":1328,"date":"2013-09-16T09:14:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T09:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2013-09-16T09:14:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T09:14:27","slug":"william-blake-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1328","title":{"rendered":"William Blake quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Speech-marks.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-487\" style=\"width: 106px; height: 108px;\" alt=\"Speech marks\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Speech-marks-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Blake, William (1757 &#8211; 1827), English engraver, illustrator, &amp; poet<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><i><br \/>\nI must create a system, or be enslaved by another man&#8217;s.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>If the sun and moon would ever doubt, they would surely go out.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with Ignorance.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.<\/p>\n<p><i>Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Love seeketh not itself to please,<br \/>\n<\/i><i>Nor for itself hath any care,<br \/>\n<\/i><i>But for another gives its ease,<br \/>\n<\/i><i>And builds a Heaven in Hell&#8217;s despair.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>To see a world in a Grain of Sand,<br \/>\n<\/i><i>And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,<br \/>\n<\/i><i>Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,<br \/>\n<\/i><i>And eternity in an hour.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><i>A truth that&#8217;s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent.<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blake, William (1757 &#8211; 1827), English engraver, illustrator, &amp; poet I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man&#8217;s. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. If the sun and moon would ever &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=1328\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-1328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-famous-quotations","tag-famous-quotations-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1331,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions\/1331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}