Thou art a man God is no more Thy own humanity Learn to adore
William BlakeRead
What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Great ideas can be lost on those who lack the understanding to appreciate them.
William Blake suggests that profound and noble concepts are often beyond the comprehension of the less intellectually inclined. He implies that ideas that can be easily understood are trivial and not deserving of serious consideration or concern. This quote reflects the belief that true greatness is often misunderstood or overlooked by those who do not possess the requisite insight or depth of understanding.
Themes
WisdomUnderstandingGreatnessIntellectComplexity
In practice
Example use cases
During a discussion about creativity at a conference, one could use this quote to emphasize the depth of artistic expression.
More from William Blake
All quotes βIn seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
William BlakeRead
O thou who passest through our valleys in Thy strength, curb thy fierce steeds, allay the heat That flames from their large nostrils! Thou, O Summer, Oft pitchest here thy golden tent, and oft Beneath our oaks hast slept, while we beheld With joy thy ruddy limbs and flourishing hair.
William BlakeRead
Every Night and every Morn Some to Misery are born. Every Morn and every Night Some are born to Sweet Delight, Some are born to Endless Night.
William BlakeRead
As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.
William BlakeRead
He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars.
William BlakeRead
Similar quotes
I got more true knowledge from reading the Book of God in one month, than I could ever have acquired from all the writings of men.
George WhitefieldRead
Confidence, of course is an admirable asset to a golfer, but it should be an unspoken confidence. It is perilous to put it into speech. The gods of golf lie in wait to chasten the presumptious.
P. G. WodehouseRead
Iβm not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance
Jon StewartRead
What I want to bring out is how a pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. And each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that.
Dorothy DayRead
It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.
HeraclitusRead
However great the work that God may achieve by an individual, he must not indulge in self-satisfaction. He ought rather to be all the more humbled, seeing himself merely as a tool which God has made use of.
St. VincentRead