John Milton Quotes
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Alas! What boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted Shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse; Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th'abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life.
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Who aspires must down as low As high he soar'd.
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Peor and BaälimForsake their temples dim.
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No war, or battle's soundWas heard the world around.The idle spear and shield were high up hung.
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For other things mild Heav'n a time ordains,And disapproves that care, though wise in show,That with superfluous burden loads the day,And, when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains.
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Let us no more contend, nor blame each other, blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten each other's burden.
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License they mean when they cry, Liberty!For who loves that must first be wise and good.
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The teachers of our law, and to propose What might improve my knowledge or their own.
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Every cloud has a silver lining.
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For the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume The balm of life.
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Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do.
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Pandemonium, the high capital Of Satan and his peers.
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Implied Subjection, but requir'd with gentle sway, And by her yielded, by him best receiv'd,- Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet, reluctant, amorous delay.
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All seemed well pleased, all seemed, but were not all.
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That space the Evil One abstracted stood From his own evil, and for the time remained Stupidly good, of enmity disarmed, Of guile, of hate, of envy, of revenge .
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Iris all hues, roses, and jessamine Reared high their flourished heads between, and wrought Mosaic; underfoot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth with rich inlay Broidered the ground, more coloured than with stone Of costliest emblem: other creature here Beast, bird, insect, or worm durst enter none; Such was their awe of man.
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In mirth that after no repenting draws.
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Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb, counseled ignoble ease, and peaceful sloth, not peace.
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As in an organ from one blast of wind To many a row of pipes the soundboard breathes.
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Apostate, still thou err'st, nor end wilt find Offering, from the paths of truth remote.
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Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.
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No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.
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Faithful found among the faithless.
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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.