John Milton Quotes
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Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess.
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Yet hold it more humane, more heav'nly, first, By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear.
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Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?
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I walk unseenOn the dry smooth-shaven green,To behold the wandering moon,Riding near her highest noon,Like one that had been led astrayThrough the heav'n's wide pathless way,And oft, as if her head she bowed,Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
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True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.
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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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The greatest burden in the world is superstition, not only of ceremonies in the church, but of imaginary and scarecrow sins at home.
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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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For no falsehood can endure Touch of celestial temper.
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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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Apostate, still thou err'st, nor end wilt find Offering, from the paths of truth remote.
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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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Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides,Where thou perhaps under the whelming tideVisit'st the bottom of the monstrous world.
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And to thy husband's will Thine shall submit; he over thee shall rule.
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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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He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
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Heaven, the seat of bliss, Brooks not the works of violence and war.
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Those whom reason hath equalled, force hath made supreme...
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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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At last he rose, and twitched his mantle blue:Tomorrow to fresh woods and pastures new.
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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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Of which all Europe rings from side to side.
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As in an organ from one blast of wind To many a row of pipes the soundboard breathes.