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John Milton quotes: Nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote. Nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.
John Milton quotes: Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk. Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.
John Milton quotes: Reason is also choice. Reason is also choice.
John Milton quotes: Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed,And daffodillies fill their cups with tears,To strew the laureate to hearse when Lycid lies. Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed,
And daffodillies fill their cups with tears,
To strew the laureate to hearse when Lycid lies.
John Milton quotes: Retiring from the popular noise, I seekThis unfrequented place to find some ease. Retiring from the popular noise, I seek
This unfrequented place to find some ease.
John Milton quotes: The spirits perverse with easy intercourse pass to and fro, to tempt or punish mortals. The spirits perverse with easy intercourse pass to and fro, to tempt or punish mortals.
John Milton quotes: Abash'd the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, ... Abash'd the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, ...
John Milton quotes: Danger will wink on opportunity. Danger will wink on opportunity.
John Milton quotes: Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows. Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.
John Milton quotes: Day and night,Seed-time and harvest, heat and hoary frostShall hold their course, till fire purge all things new. Day and night,
Seed-time and harvest, heat and hoary frost
Shall hold their course, till fire purge all things new.
John Milton quotes: They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy. They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy.
John Milton quotes: Hope elevates, and joyBrightens his crest. Hope elevates, and joy
Brightens his crest.
John Milton quotes: That who advances his glory, not their own, Them he himself to glory will advance. That who advances his glory, not their own, Them he himself to glory will advance.
John Milton quotes: What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste? What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste?
John Milton quotes: God, who oft descends to visit menUnseen, and through their habitations walksTo mark their doings. God, who oft descends to visit men
Unseen, and through their habitations walks
To mark their doings.
John Milton quotes: Calm of mind, all passion spent. Calm of mind, all passion spent.
John Milton quotes: The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him. The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.
John Milton quotes: Men of most renowned virtue have sometimes by transgressing most truly kept the law. Men of most renowned virtue have sometimes by transgressing most truly kept the law.
John Milton quotes: Behold now this vast city [London]; a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with His protection. Behold now this vast city [London]; a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with His protection.
John Milton quotes: There swift return Diurnal, merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot. There swift return Diurnal, merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot.
John Milton quotes: Those whom reason hath equalled, force hath made supreme Those whom reason hath equalled, force hath made supreme
John Milton quotes: And what is faith, love, virtue unassay'd alone, without exterior help sustained? And what is faith, love, virtue unassay'd alone, without exterior help sustained?
John Milton quotes: To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable. To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.
John Milton quotes: Come let us haste, the stars grow high, But night sits monarch yet in the mid sky. Come let us haste, the stars grow high,
But night sits monarch yet in the mid sky.
John Milton quotes: A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
John Milton quotes: And on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant. And on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant.
John Milton quotes: And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse
John Milton quotes: When thou attended gloriously from heaven , Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send Thy summoning archangels to proclaim Thy dread tribunal. When thou attended gloriously from heaven , Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send Thy summoning archangels to proclaim Thy dread tribunal.
John Milton quotes: Morn, Wak'd by the circling hours, with rosy hand Unbarr'd the gates of light. Morn, Wak'd by the circling hours, with rosy hand Unbarr'd the gates of light.
John Milton quotes: In Physic, things of melancholic hue and quality are used against melancholy, sour against sour, salt to remove salt humors. In Physic, things of melancholic hue and quality are used against melancholy, sour against sour, salt to remove salt humors.
John Milton quotes: Midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence. Midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence.
John Milton quotes: Assuredly we bring not innocence not the world, we bring impurity much rather: that which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary. Assuredly we bring not innocence not the world, we bring impurity much rather: that which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary.
John Milton quotes: What if Earth be but the shadow of Heaven and things therein - each other like, more than on Earth is thought? What if Earth be but the shadow of Heaven and things therein - each other like, more than on Earth is thought?
John Milton quotes: Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness. Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.
John Milton quotes: In argument with men a woman ever Goes by the worse, whatever be her cause. In argument with men a woman ever Goes by the worse, whatever be her cause.
John Milton quotes: Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold. Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.
John Milton quotes: with ambitious aim against the throne and monarchy of God rais'd impious war in Heav'n and battel proud with ambitious aim against the throne and monarchy of God rais'd impious war in Heav'n and battel proud
John Milton quotes: Let no man seekHenceforth to be foretold that shall befallHim or his children. Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.
John Milton quotes: So little is our loss, So little is thy gain. So little is our loss, So little is thy gain.
John Milton quotes: The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground. The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground.
John Milton quotes: Solitude sometimes is best society. Solitude sometimes is best society.
John Milton quotes: His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd. His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd.
John Milton quotes: Believe and be confirmed. Believe and be confirmed.
John Milton quotes: Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child! Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child!
John Milton quotes: Hear all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers. Hear all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.
John Milton quotes: The mind is a universe and can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. The mind is a universe and can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.
John Milton quotes: Fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress. Fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress.
John Milton quotes: A poet soaring in the high reason of his fancies, with his garland and singing robes about him. A poet soaring in the high reason of his fancies, with his garland and singing robes about him.
John Milton quotes: On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder. On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder.
John Milton quotes: Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men; Unless there be who think not God at all. Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men; Unless there be who think not God at all.
John Milton quotes: Let us descend now therefore from this top Of speculation. Let us descend now therefore from this top Of speculation.
John Milton quotes: The earth, though in comparison of heaven so small, nor glistering, may of solid good contain more plenty than the sun, that barren shines. The earth, though in comparison of heaven so small, nor glistering, may of solid good contain more plenty than the sun, that barren shines.
John Milton quotes: It is Chastity, my brother. She that has that is clad in complete steel. It is Chastity, my brother. She that has that is clad in complete steel.
John Milton quotes: Pandemonium, the high capital Of Satan and his peers. Pandemonium, the high capital Of Satan and his peers.
John Milton quotes: But oh! as to embrace me she inclin'd, I wak'd, she fled, and day brought back my night. But oh! as to embrace me she inclin'd, I wak'd, she fled, and day brought back my night.
John Milton quotes: The Tree of Knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of Good bought dear by knowing ill. The Tree of Knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of Good bought dear by knowing ill.
John Milton quotes: No mighty trance, or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. No mighty trance, or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.
John Milton quotes: I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death. I was all ear,
And took in strains that might create a soul
Under the ribs of Death.
John Milton quotes: Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth. Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth.
John Milton quotes: Now conscience wakes despair That slumber'd,-wakes the bitter memory Of what he was, what is, and what must be Worse. Now conscience wakes despair That slumber'd,-wakes the bitter memory Of what he was, what is, and what must be Worse.
John Milton quotes: Darkness now rose, as daylight sunk, and brought in low'ring Night her shadowy offspring. Darkness now rose, as daylight sunk, and brought in low'ring Night her shadowy offspring.
John Milton quotes: They also serve who only stand and wait. They also serve who only stand and wait.
John Milton quotes: Did I request thee, Maker, from my clayTo mould me man? Did I solicit theeFrom darkness to promote me? Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould me man? Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?
John Milton quotes: Beyond is all abyss, eternity, whose end no eye can reach. Beyond is all abyss, eternity, whose end no eye can reach.
John Milton quotes: Nor jealousy Was understood, the injur'd lover's hell. Nor jealousy Was understood, the injur'd lover's hell.
John Milton quotes: A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond / Frightened the reign of Chaos and old Night. A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond / Frightened the reign of Chaos and old Night.
John Milton quotes: Thy actions to thy words accord; thy wordsTo thy large heart give utterance due; thy heart;Contains of good, wise, just, the perfect shape. Thy actions to thy words accord; thy words
To thy large heart give utterance due; thy heart;
Contains of good, wise, just, the perfect shape.
John Milton quotes: The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller. The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.
John Milton quotes: And sing to those that hold the vital shears; And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound. And sing to those that hold the vital shears; And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound.
John Milton quotes: And live like Nature's bastards, not her sons. And live like Nature's bastards, not her sons.
John Milton quotes: New Presbyter is but Old Priest writ Large. New Presbyter is but Old Priest writ Large.
John Milton quotes: Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings. Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.
John Milton quotes: The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape. The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape.
John Milton quotes: We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in. We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in.
John Milton quotes: Who knows not Circe, The daughter of the Sun , whose charmed cup Whoever tasted, lost his upright shape, And downward fell into a groveling swine? Who knows not Circe, The daughter of the Sun , whose charmed cup Whoever tasted, lost his upright shape, And downward fell into a groveling swine?
John Milton quotes: Just deeds are the best answer to injurious words. Just deeds are the best answer to injurious words.
John Milton quotes: O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes! O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes!
John Milton quotes: And miserable it is to be to others cause of misery ... And miserable it is to be to others cause of misery ...
John Milton quotes: Now the bright morning-star, day's harbinger, comes dancing from the east. Now the bright morning-star, day's harbinger, comes dancing from the east.
John Milton quotes: So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In her functions weary of herself. So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In her functions weary of herself.
John Milton quotes: Ah, why should all mankindFor one man's fault, be condemned,If guiltless? Ah, why should all mankind
For one man's fault, be condemned,
If guiltless?
John Milton quotes: Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men.
John Milton quotes: ...a darkIllimitable ocean, without bound,Without dimension; where length, breadth, and height,And time, and place are lost; ...a dark
Illimitable ocean, without bound,
Without dimension; where length, breadth, and height,
And time, and place are lost;
John Milton quotes: Hail, wedded love, mysterious law; true source of human happiness. Hail, wedded love, mysterious law; true source of human happiness.
John Milton quotes: Antichrist is Mammon's son. Antichrist is Mammon's son.
John Milton quotes: The rising world of waters dark and deep. The rising world of waters dark and deep.
John Milton quotes: Death Grinn'd horrible a ghastly smile, to hear His famine should be fill'd. Death Grinn'd horrible a ghastly smile, to hear His famine should be fill'd.
John Milton quotes: Praise from an enemy smells of craft. Praise from an enemy smells of craft.
John Milton quotes: The work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint. The work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint.
John Milton quotes: For what is glory but the blaze of fame? For what is glory but the blaze of fame?
John Milton quotes: A bevy of fair women. A bevy of fair women.
John Milton quotes: The best apology against false accusers is silence. The best apology against false accusers is silence.
John Milton quotes: Rose out of Chaos: Rose out of Chaos:
John Milton quotes: The pilot of the Galilean lake; Two massy keys he bore, of metals twain (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain). The pilot of the Galilean lake; Two massy keys he bore, of metals twain (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain).
John Milton quotes: As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of good and evil? As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of good and evil?
John Milton quotes: From restless thoughts, that, like a deadly swarm Of hornets arm'd, no sooner found alone, But rush upon me thronging. From restless thoughts, that, like a deadly swarm Of hornets arm'd, no sooner found alone, But rush upon me thronging.
John Milton quotes: Let us go forth and resolutely dare with sweat of brow to toil our little day. Let us go forth and resolutely dare with sweat of brow to toil our little day.
John Milton quotes: Ask for this great deliverer now, and find him Eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slaves. Ask for this great deliverer now, and find him Eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slaves.
John Milton quotes: And grace that won who saw to wish her stay. And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.
John Milton quotes: Then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far. Then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far.

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