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“Christian morality (so called) has all the characters of a reaction.... In its horror of sensuality, it made an idol of asceticism, which has been gradually compromised away into one of legality. It holds out the hope of heaven and the threat of hell, as the appointed and appropriate motives to a virtuous life - in this falling far below the best of the ancients, and doing what lies in it to give to human morality an essentially selfish character.... It is essentially a doctrine of passive obedience; it inculcates submission to all authorities found established.”

Source: Utilitarianism, liberty, and representative government

“Whatever may be your desire to accomplish great deeds, the deep silence of pregnancy never comes to you! The event of the day sweeps you along like straws before the wind whilst ye lie under the illusion that ye are chasing the event,-poor fellows! If a man wishes to act the hero on the stage he must not think of forming part of the chorus; he should not even know how the chorus is made up.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Men Should May Made Lying Desire Wish Poor Silence Know How Stage Events Wind Hero Illusion Fellows Deeds Accomplish Pregnancy Chasing Chorus Straws

Book:The Dawn of Day

Source: The Dawn of Day

“Bring me an axe and spade, Bring me a winding-sheet; When I my grave have made Let winds and tempests beat: Then down I'll lie as cold as clay. True love doth pass away!”

Love Made Lying Wind Cold Beats Graves Sheets Clay Passing Away Tempest Spades

Book:William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose

Source: William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose