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Type: Poet Quotes Category: English Poet Quotes Date of Birth: December 9, 1608 Date of Death: November 8, 1674 Nationality: English Find on Amazon: John Milton Related Authors: Alexander Pope W. H. Auden Samuel Taylor Coleridge John Dryden Edward Young Percy Bysshe Shelley Alfred Lord Tennyson Herbert Read |
A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
John Milton A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit. John Milton Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship. John Milton Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n. John Milton Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. John Milton Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung. John Milton Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity. John Milton Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself. John Milton For what can war, but endless war, still breed? John Milton Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. John Milton Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to my conscience, above all liberties. John Milton Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. John Milton He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon. John Milton He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. John Milton He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. John Milton Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live. John Milton Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end. John Milton No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free. John Milton None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence. John Milton Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right. John Milton The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. John Milton 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 The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby. John Milton They also serve who only stand and wait. John Milton 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 To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable. John Milton True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. John Milton Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth. John Milton Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk. John Milton When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for. John Milton Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self. John Milton Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe. John Milton |
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