The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (Primary source)
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-93) is William Blake’s radical exploration of the interplay between good and evil, reason and energy, and the constraints of conventional morality. Written as a series of aphorisms, proverbs, and visions, the work challenges the dualistic thinking of Blake’s era, particularly the rigid moral and religious frameworks imposed by institutions like the Church.
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“Think in the morning, act in the noon, eat in the evening, sleep in the night.”
— William Blake Primary source“A Truth thats told with bad intent
Beats all the Lies you can invent.”
“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.”
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“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Do not do that which you would not have known.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Approve not of him that commends all you say.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source