“It is easier to forgive an Enemy than to forgive a Friend.”
William Blake
Jerusalem: The Emanation of The Giant Albion (Primary source)
Jerusalem: The Emanation of The Giant Albion (1804-1820) is William Blake’s epic, illuminated poem and one of his most ambitious and complex works. It explores the fall and potential redemption of Albion, a mythic personification of England and humanity itself. Albion’s fragmentation—symbolizing the spiritual and moral decay of society—is mirrored in the suffering of his “Emanation,” Jerusalem, who represents divine love, creativity, and the collective soul of humanity.
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“Think in the morning, act in the noon, eat in the evening, sleep in the night.”
— William Blake Primary source“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.”
— William Blake Primary source“The true method of knowledge is experiment.”
— William Blake Primary sourceTo 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.
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“Happy is the house that shelters a friend!”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Thou canst not joke an enemy into a friend; but thou may'st a friend into an enemy.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“There is no little enemy.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary sourceForgiveness Friendship Enemies