John Milton Quotes

John Milton
John Milton
English Poet
Born: Dec 9, 1608
Died: Nov 8, 1674
Good Her His Light Man Own
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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. John Milton
Life Thankful Gratitude Change Experience World Everyday Those Allowing How Reverence Encounter Forever Transcendent Us Moments Awe
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. John Milton
Me Liberty Liberties Above Give Give Me Argue Freely Know According Conscience Utter
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. John Milton
Day Thoughts Soul Dark Light Walks Sit Own Enjoy Sun Hides He Clear Himself Within His Dungeon May Centre Foul Bright
To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable. John Milton
Miserable Able Bear Blind Blindness
The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller. John Milton
Nature Light Space Lonely Stars Hung Give Misled Due Heaven Oil Lamps Filled Traveller Everlasting
Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity. John Milton
Death Key Opens Golden Eternity Palace
None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence. John Milton
Love Good Freedom Rest Men Good Men Licence None Heartily
When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for. John Milton
Wise Liberty Men Speedily Complaints Considered Civil Civil Liberty Attained Wise Men Bound Freely Look Heard Reformed Then Utmost Deeply
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby. John Milton
Character Man Superior Past Sayings Superior Man Himself His Antiquity Order Deeds Many Thereby Strengthen
Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself. John Milton
Books Shallow Himself
Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe. John Milton
Overcome Half Foe Hath Overcomes Force His Who
No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free. John Milton
Man Men Free Stupid Born Knows Were Deny Naturally Who
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end. John Milton
Concord Pleasing End Oft
Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness. John Milton
You Man Though Take He Him His Covetousness Left Cannot Treasure Jewel
Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk. John Milton
Light Moon Own Virtue Sun Though Sunk Would See Could Where Flat Sea Radiant Her
Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live. John Milton
Live How Precedence Forget Nations Teaching England Her
For what can war, but endless war, still breed? John Milton
War Still Endless Breed
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. John Milton
Rich True Covetousness Modesty

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