John Milton Quotes
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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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O impotence of mind, in body strong! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom, vast, unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties, not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command.
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Knowledge cannot defile, nor consequently the books, if the will and conscience be not defiled.
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Angels contented with their face in heaven, Seek not the praise of men.
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And I will place within them as a guide My umpire conscience, whom if they will hear Light after light well used they shall attain, And to the end persisting, safe arrive.
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Wealth and honours, which most men pursue, easily change masters; they desert to the side which excels in virtue, industry, and endurance of toil, and they abandon the slothful.
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My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth.
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Our state cannot be severed, we are one, One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.
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Thrones, dominions, princedoms, virtues, powers-- If these magnific titles yet remain Not merely titular.
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Morn, Wak'd by the circling hours, with rosy hand Unbarr'd the gates of light.
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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.
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Behold the kings of the Earth how they oppressThy chosen, to what highth thir pow'r unjustThey have exalted, and behind them castAll fear of thee, arise and vindicateThy Glory, free thy people from thir yoke
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All seemed well pleased, all seemed, but were not all.
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Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
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Nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.
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And to thy husband's will Thine shall submit; he over thee shall rule.
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So on this windy sea of land, the Fiend Walked up and down alone bent on his prey.
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Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to the possessor.
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Who aspires must down as low As high he soar'd.
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Be frustrate, all ye stratagems of Hell,And devilish machinations come to nought.