John Milton Quotes

English - Poet December 9, 1608 - November 8, 1674

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

King Rules More Than Within

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

Life Change Gratitude Thankful

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

Mind Hell Place Heaven

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.

Hell Better Heaven Than

The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.

Nature Stars Light Space

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

Blind Miserable Bear Blindness

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

Good Book Spirit Precious

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

Love Good Freedom Men

The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.

Man Character Past Deeds

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

Live Forget Her How

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

Death Key Golden Eternity

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

Green Revenge Own Well

Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.

Force Half Who Overcome

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

Man Men Stupid Born

Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.

Nature Beauty High Wonder

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

Me Know Conscience Liberty

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

Nothing More Right Self-Esteem

They also serve who only stand and wait.

Wait Stand Only Who

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

Rich True Modesty Covetousness

When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.

Wise Men Look Wise Men

Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.

Man You Treasure Left

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

Books Shallow Himself

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

War Still Endless Breed

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

End Pleasing Concord Oft

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.

Light Darkness Voice Wild

Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk.

Sea Light Sun Moon

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