Re: Hapworth Revisited

found it...

The Proverbs of Hell

As I was walking among the fires of hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius, which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their proverbs, thinking as the sayings used in a nation mark its character, so the Proverbs of Hell show the nature of Infernal wisdom better than any description of buildings or garments...

-- William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
Prudence is a rich, ugly maid courted by Incapacity.
He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
The cut worm forgives the plow.
Dip him in the river who loves water.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
The hours of folly are measur'd by the clock, but of wisdom, no clock can measure.
All wholesome food is caught without a net or a trap.
Bring out number, weight & measure in year of dearth.
No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.
A dead body revenges not injuries.
The most sublime act is to set another before you.
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
Folly is the cloke of knavery.
Shame is Pride's cloke.
Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion.
The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.
The lust of the goat is the bounty of God.
The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.
The nakedness of women is the work of God.
Excess of sorrow laughs. Excess of joy weeps.
The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man.
The fax condemns the trap, not himself.
Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.
Let man wear the fell of the lion, woman the fleece of the sheep.
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
The selfish, smiling fool, & the sullen frowning fool shall be both thought wise, that they may be a rod.
What is now proved was once only imagin'd.
The rat, the mouse, the fox, the rabbet watch the roots; the lion, the tyger, the horse the elephant watch the fruits.
The cistern contains: the fountain overflows.
One thought fills immensity.
Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
Every thing possible to be believ'd is an image of the truth.
The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to the learn of the crow.
The fox provides for himself, but God provides for the lion.
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep at night.
He who has suffer'd you to impose on him, knows you.
As the plow follows words, so God rewards prayers.
The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
Expect poison from standing water.
You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.
Listen to the fool's reproach! It is a kingly title!
The eyes of fire, the nostrils of air, the mouth of water, the beard of earth.
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow; nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
If others had not been foolish, we should be so.
The soul of sweet delight can never be defil'd.
When thou seest an Eagle, thou seest a portion of Genius; lift up they head!
As the catterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.
To create a little flower is the labour of ages.
Damn braces; Bless relaxes.
The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.
Prayers plow not! Praises reap not!
Joys laugh not! Sorrows weep not!
The head Sublime, the heart Pathos, the genitals Beauty, the hands & feet Proportion.
As the air to a bird or the sea to a fish, so is contempt to the contemptible.
The crow wish'd that every thing was black, the owl that every thing was white.
Exuberance is Beauty.
If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning.
Improvement makes strait roads: but the crooked roads without Improvement are the roads of Genius.
Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
Where man is not, nature is barren.
Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believ'd.

>>> ANELLO Michael J 06/12/03 11:11AM >>>
"Damn Braces. Bless Relaxes." From Blake's THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL. at least, that's what the internet said...

>>> jrovira@drew.edu 06/12/03 11:05AM >>>
Any idea where that particular Blake quote is from? I can probably look
up the context if you can tell me where it is.

Jim

Michael J ANELLO wrote:
> personally, i find it hilarious, the amount of book requested by seymour in hapworth. very, very humorous boy. telling of when mr. happy (and the name choices by salinger?! hilarious!) scolded buddy about his crappily made bed and buddy rolls his eyes back to whites, causing there to be amusing bad blood between the two. how mad seymour gets about mr. happy having small children push the fake cart out of the mud when stout horses were needed! can you imagine muddy bleeding ugly seymour's snotty way of telling frantic motorcycling mr. happy that he is a dancer like his parents and would probably sue should anything happen to his poor leg. what a little snot! and, the millionth bridesgroom splashing the millionth bride. need i say more?
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> i'm dumb, what does blake mean when he said "damn braces, bless relaxes!" i love the consonance...but have no idea the meaning besides...hate belts, love elastic. ?
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> chilling, to hear seymour talk of his appearance not lasting longer than the life of a telephone pole. the crux of the constant turmoil in seymour's ridiculous breast, is that he has no confidence in "go-betweens," such as his own human brain...but he is nonetheless exceedingly fond of them all (all go-betweens). he says that every human coward such as himself is unspeakably brave because of all the flimsy, personal agencies that are accepted at face value...that it is a vicious cycle. He goes on to say that somebody ought to do everyone a favor and break this vicious cycle. Seymour is in a rush to do this, break this cycle, you see...because his time left in this appearance is scrawny. so, did his breakage of the cycle cause his early departure? i'm getting a cramp in my wang.
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