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John Milton
English
Poet
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He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Rules
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#God
#Reason
#Man
#Self
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,
English
Poet
#Liberty
#Men
#Complaints
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,
English
Poet
#Light
#Virtue
#Sun
#Moon
#Sea
Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#World
#Truth
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Modesty
#Covetousness
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,
English
Poet
#Man
#Treasure
#Covetousness
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,
English
Poet
#Character
#Past
#Man
#Order
#Deeds
#sayings
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,
English
Poet
#Light
#Stars
#Nature
#Oil
#Heaven
#Lonely
The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Hell
#Mind
#Heaven
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Right
#Nothing
#Self
None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Love
#Freedom
#Men
#Rest
No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Man
#Men
Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Force
Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Teaching
#Nations
#EnglForget
To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Blind
#Blindness
He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Wounds
#Revenge
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,
English
Poet
#May
#Light
#Soul
#Sun
#Thoughts
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,
English
Poet
#Life
#World
#Experience
#Change
#Gratitude
#Moments
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Liberty
#Conscience
For what can war, but endless war, still breed?
John Milton,
English
Poet
#War
Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Books
#Deep
Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Death
#Key
#Eternity
Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Darkness
#Light
#Voice
#Confusion
#Disorder
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Hell
#Heaven
Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Wonder
#May
#Nature
#Beauty
A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Spirit
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
John Milton,
English
Poet
#Love
#End
They also serve who only stand and wait.
John Milton,
English
Poet