"What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!"
- William Blake
About this Quote
This quote by William Blake is a reflection on the complexities of life and the duality of many elements of it. He questions the differences between a spouse and a harlot, a church and a theatre, and faith and politics. He suggests that these apparently different entities might not be so various after all, which they may even be intertwined. He likewise recommends that brotherhood is a kind of faith, which reason can be used to divide families in vicious and prideful ways. Eventually, this quote is a tip that life is complex which we need to bear in mind the methods which we view and interact with the world.
This quote is written / told by William Blake between November 28, 1757 and August 12, 1827. He was a famous Poet from England.
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