Quote by: William Blake

Answer this to yourselves, & expel from among you those who pretend to despise the labours of Art & Science, which alone are the labours of the Gospel: Is not this plain & manifest to the thought? Can you think at all, & not pronounce heartily! That to Labour in Knowledge. is to Build up Jerusalem: and to Despise Knowledge, is to Despise Jerusalem & her Builders. And remember: He who despises & mocks a Mental Gift in another; calling it pride & selfishness & sin; mocks Jesus the giver of every Mental Gift. which always appear to the ignorance-loving Hypocrite, as Sins. but that which is a Sin in the sight of cruel Man. is not so in the sight of our kind God.


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Author Bio


  • NameWilliam Blake
  • DescriptionEnglish Romantic poet and artist
  • BornNovember 28, 1757
  • DiedAugust 12, 1827
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPainter; Poet; Writer; Theologian
  • WorksThe Marriage Of Heaven And Hell; And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time