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415 Powerful John Milton Quotes to Inspire You

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31. “Where no hope is left, is left no fear.”

John Milton

Hope, Fear, Despair, Human Condition, Emotional State

32. “Where more is meant than meets the ear.”

John Milton

Meaning, Interpretation, Depth, Perception, Hidden Truth

33. “Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.”

John Milton

Light, Darkness, Ambiance, Perception, Poetic Imagery

34. “Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand; For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mast'ry.”

John Milton

Chaos, Nature, Elemental Forces, Cosmic Struggle, Primordial State

35. “Where all life dies death lives.”

John Milton

Death, Life, Paradox, Existence, Philosophical Musing

36. “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

Civil Liberty, Governance, Reform, Wisdom, Social Progress

37. “What reinforcement we may gain from hope; If not, what resolution from despair.”

John Milton

Hope, Despair, Resilience, Human Spirit, Emotional Strength

38. “What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste?”

John Milton

Feast, Refinement, Greek Culture, Intellectual Pleasure, Companionship

39. “What is strength without a double share of wisdom?”

John Milton

Strength, Wisdom, Balance, Virtue, Human Potential

40. “What is dark within me, illumine.”

John Milton

Enlightenment, Self-knowledge, Inner Darkness, Spiritual Growth, Divine Guidance

41. “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

42. “What if Earth be but the shadow of Heaven and things therein – each other like, more than on Earth is thought?”

John Milton

Earth, Heaven, Reality, Perception, Spiritual Insight

43. “What hath night to do with sleep?”

John Milton

Night, Sleep, Wakefulness, Time, Human Nature

44. “What can 'scape the eye Of God, all-seeing, or deceive His heart. Omniscient!”

John Milton

Omniscience, Divine Knowledge, God, Deception, Human Limitation

45. “What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?”

John Milton

Defense, Vulnerability, Strategy, Inconsistency, Futility

46. “What better can we do than prostrate fall before Him reverent, and there confess humbly our faults, and pardon beg with tears watering the ground?”

John Milton

Humility, Repentance, Divine Worship, Confession, Reverence

47. “What am I pondering, you ask? So help me God, immortality.”

John Milton

Immortality, Contemplation, Divine Assistance, Human Aspiration, Eternity

48. “Wealth and honours, which most men pursue, easily change masters; they desert to the side which excels in virtue, industry, and endurance of toil, and they abandon the slothful.”

John Milton

Wealth, Virtue, Industry, Perseverance, Moral Economy

49. “Virtue that wavers is not virtue, but vice revolted from itself, and after a while returning. The actions of just and pious men do not darken in their middle course.”

John Milton

Virtue, Constancy, Moral Strength, Righteousness, Human Nature

50. “Virtue that wavers is not virtue.”

John Milton

Virtue, Constancy, Moral Strength, Integrity, Character

51. “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

52. “Virtue hath no tongue to check vice's pride.”

John Milton

Virtue, Vice, Morality, Pride, Silence

53. “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

Virtue, Inner Light, Moral Strength, Guidance, Self-reliance

54. “Vanity is definitely my favorite sin.”

John Milton

Vanity, Sin, Self-love, Temptation, Human Nature

55. “Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.”

John Milton

Wisdom, Philosophy, Vanity, Skepticism, Human Knowledge

56. “Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony.”

John Milton

Harmony, Soul, Freedom, Music, Metaphor

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

John Milton

Aging, Ambition, Limitations, Creativity, Human Condition

58. “United thoughts and counsels, equal hope And hazard in the glorious enterprise.”

John Milton

Unity, Cooperation, Hope, Risk, Shared Purpose

59. “Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.”

John Milton

Truth, Rejection, Birth, Societal Response, Knowledge

60. “Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain; if her waters flow not in perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition.”

John Milton

Truth, Progress, Conformity, Tradition, Spiritual Growth

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