John Milton Quotes
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Antichrist is Mammon's son.
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Ornate rhetoric thought out of the rule of Plato... To which poetry would be made subsequent, or indeed rather precedent, as being less subtle and fine, but more simple, sensuous, and passionate.
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Such as may make thee search the coffers round.
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He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
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No institution which does not continually test its ideals, techniques and measure of accomplishment can claim real vitality.
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It was that fatal and perfidious bark,Built in th' eclipse, and rigged with curses dark,That sunk so low that sacred head of thine.
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Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, in every gesture dignity and love.
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The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
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They also serve who only stand and wait.
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Indu'd With sanctity of reason.
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Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.
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The great creator from his work returned Magnificent, his six days' work, a world.
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What reinforcement we may gain from hope; If not, what resolution from despair.
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Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
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Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.
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Sable-vested Night, eldest of things.
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Mirth, admit me of thy crew,To live with her, and live with thee,In unreprovèd pleasures free.
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Have hungMy dank and dropping weedsTo the stern god of sea.
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His rod revers'd, And backward mutters of dissevering power.
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Time, though in Eternity, applied To motion, measures all things durable By present, past, and future.
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The virtuous mind that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, Conscience.
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If at great things thou would'st arrive, Get riches first, get wealth, and treasure heap, Not difficult, if thou hearken to me; Riches are mine, fortune is in my hand, They whom I favor thrive in wealth amain, While virtue, valor, wisdom, sit in want.
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Among unequals what society Can sort, what harmony, or true delight?
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Dark with excessive bright.