John Milton Quotes

The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
John Milton

Mind, Hell, Place

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

Life, Change, Experience

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

Confusion, Light, Darkness

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

May, Enjoy, Thoughts

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
John Milton

Himself, Within, Rules

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
John Milton

Hell, Heaven, Serve

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
John Milton

Give, Liberty, Conscience

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.
John Milton

Love, Good, Men

He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
John Milton

Revenge, Green, Wounds

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

Men, Wise, Liberty

Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.
John Milton

Death, Key, Golden

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.
John Milton

Good, Book, Spirit

For what can war, but endless war, still breed?
John Milton

War, Endless, Breed

No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.
John Milton

Men, Stupid, Free

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

Nature, Lonely, Give

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

Character, Past, Himself

To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.
John Milton

Able, Miserable, Blind

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

Beauty, Nature, May

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
John Milton

End, Pleasing, Concord

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
John Milton

Nothing, Profits, Grounded

They also serve who only stand and wait.
John Milton

Wait, Stand, Serve

Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.
John Milton

Truth, Him, Her

Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.
John Milton

Good, God, Book

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.
John Milton

Himself, Books, Shallow

Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.
John Milton

Live, Forget, Her

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: December 9, 1608

Died: November 8, 1674

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