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415 Powerful John Milton Quotes to Inspire You

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1. “You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It's all in the mind.”

John Milton

Perception, Mind, Reality, Heaven, Hell

2. “Yet some there be that by due steps aspire To lay their just hands on that golden key That opes the palace of Eternity.”

John Milton

Aspiration, Eternity, Spiritual Journey, Divine Reward, Human Potential

3. “Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.”

John Milton

Poetry, Nature, Creativity, Mortality, Artistic Process

4. “Yet much remains To conquer still; peace hath her victories No less renowned then war, new foes arise Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains: Help us to save free conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves whose gospel is their maw.”

John Milton

Peace, War, Spiritual Struggle, Freedom, Conscience

5. “Yet I shall temper so Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most Them fully satisfy'd, and thee appease.”

John Milton

Justice, Mercy, Balance, Satisfaction, Divine Judgment

6. “Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward.”

John Milton

Perseverance, Faith, Hope, Adversity, Divine Will

7. “Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible.”

John Milton

Hell, Darkness, Paradox, Spiritual State, Imagery

8. “Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power, After offence returning, to regain Love once possess'd.”

John Milton

Beauty, Forgiveness, Love, Human Nature, Redemption

9. “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

10. “With thee conversing I forget all time.”

John Milton

Love, Companionship, Timelessness, Conversation, Relationship

11. “With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Confusion worse confounded.”

John Milton

Chaos, Destruction, Disorder, Accumulation, Cosmic Turmoil

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

John Milton

Ambition, Fall, Power, Misery, Paradox

13. “With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears.”

John Milton

Nature, Melancholy, Flowers, Poetry, Imagery

14. “With a smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.”

John Milton

Love, Beauty, Divinity, Color, Emotion

15. “Wisdom's self oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, where with her best nurse Contemplation, she plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings that in the various bustle of resort were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired.”

John Milton

Wisdom, Solitude, Contemplation, Growth, Inner Peace

16. “Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss.”

John Milton

Joy, Freedom, Ecstasy, Nature, Human Experience

17. “Wickedness is weakness.”

John Milton

Morality, Strength, Vice, Virtue, Human Nature

18. “Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?”

John Milton

Music, Intimacy, Silence, Beauty, Sensuality

19. “Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.”

John Milton

Victory, Force, Wisdom, Conflict Resolution, True Conquest

20. “Who knows not Circe, The daughter of the Sun, whose charmed cup Whoever tasted, lost his upright shape, And downward fell into a groveling swine?”

John Milton

Mythology, Temptation, Transformation, Magic, Human Nature

21. “Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.”

John Milton

Books, Knowledge, Destruction, Reason, Human Value

22. “Who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?”

John Milton

Truth, Freedom, Debate, Intellectual Integrity, Knowledge

23. “Who can in reason then or right assume monarchy over such as live by right his equals, if in power or splendor less, in freedom equal?”

John Milton

Equality, Monarchy, Freedom, Justice, Political Philosophy

24. “Who can enjoy alone? Or all enjoying what contentment find?”

John Milton

Solitude, Companionship, Happiness, Human Connection, Fulfillment

25. “Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell.”

John Milton

Despair, Self-torment, Hell, Inescapable Nature, Inner Turmoil

26. “Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.”

John Milton

Revenge, Victory, Consolation, Conflict, Human Desire

27. “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

28. “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.”

John Milton

Learning, Debate, Knowledge, Intellectual Growth, Wisdom

29. “Where the bright seraphim in burning row Their loud uplifted angel trumpets blow.”

John Milton

Angels, Heaven, Music, Divine Glory, Celestial Imagery

30. “Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes, That comes to all.”

John Milton

Despair, Hell, Hopelessness, Suffering, Damnation

415 Powerful John Milton Quotes to Inspire You

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