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415 Powerful John Milton Quotes to Inspire You

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1. “Unless an age too late, or cold Climate, or years, damp my intended wing.”

John Milton

Aging, Ambition, Limitations, Creativity, Human Condition

2. “Biochemically, love is just like eating large amounts of chocolate.”

John Milton

Love, Science, Humor, Chemistry, Human Emotion

3. “Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall.”

John Milton

Free Will, Human Nature, Moral Choice, Divine Creation, Fall Of Man

4. “Join with thee calm Peace and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet.”

John Milton

Peace, Tranquility, Fasting, Divine Communion, Spiritual Practice

5. “Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil.”

John Milton

Fame, Mortality, Human Achievement, Earthly Limitations, Ambition

6. “Rich and various gems inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep.”

John Milton

Nature, Beauty, Hidden Treasure, Ocean, Poetic Imagery

7. “That space the Evil One abstracted stood From his own evil, and for the time remained Stupidly good, of enmity disarmed, Of guile, of hate, of envy, of revenge .”

John Milton

Evil, Transformation, Goodness, Satan, Moral Complexity

8. “Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”

John Milton

Liberty, Knowledge, Free Speech, Conscience, Human Rights

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

John Milton

Ambition, Hell, Heaven, Pride, Power

10. “Witness this new-made world, another Heav'n From Heaven Gate not farr, founded in view On the clear Hyaline, the Glassie Sea; Of amplitude almost immense, with Starr's Numerous, and every Starr perhaps a world Of destined habitation.”

John Milton

Creation, Cosmos, Stars, Divine Work, Infinity

11. “Time, though in Eternity, applied To motion, measures all things durable By present, past, and future.”

John Milton

Time, Eternity, Measurement, Existence, Cosmic Order

12. “I must not quarrel with the will Of highest dispensation, which herein, Haply had ends above my reach to know.”

John Milton

Divine Will, Acceptance, Human Limitation, Faith, Cosmic Purpose

13. “Lifted up so high I disdained subjection, and thought one step higher would set me highest.”

John Milton

Pride, Ambition, Fall, Rebellion, Hubris

14. “God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait.”

John Milton

Divine Service, Humility, Patience, Obedience, Human Purpose

15. “Fear of change perplexes monarchs.”

John Milton

Change, Power, Leadership, Fear, Politics

16. “Moping melancholy And moon-struck madness.”

John Milton

Melancholy, Madness, Mental State, Alliteration, Human Condition

17. “For evil news rides post, while good news baits.”

John Milton

News, Good And Evil, Communication, Human Nature, Metaphor

18. “A beardless cynic is the shame of nature.”

John Milton

Cynicism, Youth, Nature, Criticism, Maturity

19. “The wife, where danger or dishonour lurks, Safest and seemliest by her husband stays, Who guards her, or with her the worst endures.”

John Milton

Marriage, Loyalty, Protection, Partnership, Gender Roles

20. “Commands are no constraints.”

John Milton

Freedom, Authority, Obedience, Free Will, Power Dynamics

21. “Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God, and famous to all ages.”

John Milton

Education, Virtue, Patriotism, Ambition, Legacy

22. “I thence invoke my thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.”

John Milton

Inspiration, Ambition, Poetry, Creativity, Literary Aspiration

23. “A complete and generous education fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war.”

John Milton

Education, Virtue, Citizenship, Personal Development, Public Service

24. “Swinish gluttony never looks to heaven amidst its gorgeous feast; but with besotted, base ingratitude, cravens and blasphemes his feeder.”

John Milton

Gluttony, Ingratitude, Morality, Excess, Spiritual Blindness

25. “Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits, flocks, Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable, But all to please and sate the curious taste?”

John Milton

Nature, Abundance, Purpose, Curiosity, Divine Providence

26. “What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. 1 Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 22.”

John Milton

Divine Inspiration, Enlightenment, Providence, Poetry, Spiritual Quest

27. “The childhood shows the man As morning shows the day. Be famous then By wisdom; as thy empire must extend, So let extend thy mind o'er all the world.”

John Milton

Childhood, Potential, Wisdom, Ambition, Personal Growth

28. “A limbo large and broad, since call'd The Paradise of Fools to few unknown.”

John Milton

Folly, Paradise, Ignorance, Spiritual State, Human Condition

29. “Those graceful acts, those thousand decencies, that daily flow from all her words and actions, mixed with love and sweet compliance, which declare unfeigned union of mind, or in us both one soul.”

John Milton

Love, Harmony, Virtue, Relationship, Unity

30. “Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not inthralled; Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory.”

John Milton

Virtue, Resilience, Adversity, Triumph, Moral Strength

415 Powerful John Milton Quotes to Inspire You

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