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John Milton Quotes on Power

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1. “Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie.”

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Music, Influence, Beauty, Power, Art

2. “Those whom reason hath equalled, force hath made supreme.”

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Reason, Force, Power, Equality, Supremacy

3. “Money brings honor, friends, conquest, and realms.”

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Money, Power, Influence, Wealth, Human Nature

4. “For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands.”

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Liberty, Virtue, Responsibility, Morality, Power

5. “Joking decides great things, Stronger and better oft than earnest can.”

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Humor, Decision-making, Power, Seriousness, Human Nature

6. “Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.”

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Ambition, Power, Hell, Heaven, Pride

7. “In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.”

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Change, Fear, Power, Darkness, Political Upheaval

8. “It is lawful and hath been held so through all ages for any one who have the power to call to account a tyrant or wicked king, and after due conviction to depose and put him to death.”

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Tyranny, Justice, Power, Revolution, Political Philosophy

9. “With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme In misery; such joy ambition finds.”

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Ambition, Fall, Power, Misery, Paradox

10. “Thrones, dominions, princedoms, virtues, powers – If these magnific titles yet remain Not merely titular.”

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Power, Hierarchy, Divine Order, Cosmic Structure, Authority

11. “Ride the air In whirlwind.”

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Power, Nature, Freedom, Exhilaration, Imagery

12. “Necessity and chance Approach not me, and what I will is fate.”

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Fate, Free Will, Destiny, Power, Self-determination

13. “A crown Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns, Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights To him who wears the regal diadem.”

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Power, Kingship, Burden, Responsibility, Appearance Vs Reality

14. “Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.”

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Pride, Rebellion, Power, Hell, Heaven

15. “Therefore God's universal law Gave to the man despotic power Over his female in due awe, Not from that right to part an hour, Smile she or lour.”

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Gender Roles, Divine Law, Power, Marriage, Patriarchy

16. “To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n.”

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Ambition, Hell, Heaven, Pride, Power

17. “The bird of Jove, stoop'd from his aery tour, Two birds of gayest plume before him drove.”

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Nature, Birds, Mythology, Power, Imagery

18. “Fear of change perplexes monarchs.”

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Change, Power, Leadership, Fear, Politics

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