John Milton Quotes
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Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do.
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So shall the world go on, To good malignant, to bad men benign, Under her own weight groaning.
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Just deeds are the best answer to injurious words.
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Those whom reason hath equalled, force hath made supreme...
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Apostate, still thou err'st, nor end wilt find Offering, from the paths of truth remote.
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All seemed well pleased, all seemed, but were not all.
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And to thy husband's will Thine shall submit; he over thee shall rule.
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Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin surprise thee, and her black attendant Death.
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He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
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Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heav'n on all his ways.
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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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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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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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At last he rose, and twitched his mantle blue:Tomorrow to fresh woods and pastures new.
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Me miserable! Which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair? Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell; And in the lowest deep a lower deep, Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide, To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven.
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Pandemonium, the high capital Of Satan and his peers.
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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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If the will, which in the law of our nature, were withdrawn from our memory, fancy, understanding, and reason, no other hell could equal, for a spiritual being, what we should then feel from the anarchy of our powers. It would be conscious madness,--a horrid thought!
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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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O nightingale, that on yon bloomy sprayWarbl'st at eve, when all the woods are still.
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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.
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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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Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void.
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For men to tell how human life began Is hard; for who himself beginning knew?