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415 Powerful John Milton Quotes to Inspire You

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61. “Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void.”

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Pain, Commitment, Human Nature, Weakness, Vows

62. “Education of youth is not a bow for every man to shoot in that counts himself a teacher; but will require sinews almost equal to those which Homer gave to Ulysses.”

John Milton

Education, Teaching, Responsibility, Skill, Classical Reference

63. “Eloquence the soul, song charms the senses.”

John Milton

Eloquence, Music, Soul, Senses, Artistic Expression

64. “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.”

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Education, Virtue, Patriotism, Ambition, Legacy

65. “Every cloud has a silver lining.”

John Milton

Optimism, Hope, Adversity, Perspective, Positivity

66. “Evil into the mind of god or man may come and go, so unapproved, and leave no spot or blame behind.”

John Milton

Evil, Temptation, Purity, Innocence, Moral Responsibility

67. “Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportion'd strength.”

John Milton

Divine Providence, Trials, Strength, Faith, Personal Growth

68. “Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn.”

John Milton

Stars, Dawn, Beauty, Nature, Transition

69. “Fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress.”

John Milton

Fantasy, Nature, Imagination, Night, Supernatural

70. “Fame, if not double fac'd, is double mouth'd, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds; On both his wings, one black, the other white, Bears greatest names in his wild aery flight.”

John Milton

Fame, Duality, Reputation, Human Nature, Ambiguity

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

John Milton

Fame, Mortality, Human Achievement, Earthly Limitations, Ambition

72. “Fame is the last infirmity of the human mind.”

John Milton

Fame, Human Nature, Vanity, Ambition, Weakness

73. “Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise.”

John Milton

Fame, Motivation, Ambition, Spirit, Achievement

74. “Farewell happy fields, Where joy forever dwells: Hail, horrors, hail.”

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Paradise Lost, Transition, Contrast, Acceptance, Fallen State

75. “Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear.”

John Milton

Hope, Fear, Emotions, Farewell, Human Condition

76. “Fate shall yield To fickle Chance, and Chaos judge the strife.”

John Milton

Fate, Chance, Chaos, Cosmic Order, Uncertainty

77. “Fear of change perplexes monarchs.”

John Milton

Change, Power, Leadership, Fear, Politics

78. “Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose.”

John Milton

Nature, Beauty, Perfection, Paradise, Innocence

79. “For books are as meats and viands are; some of good, some of evil sub-stance.”

John Milton

Books, Knowledge, Good And Evil, Discernment, Intellectual Nourishment

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

John Milton

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

81. “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.”

John Milton

Liberty, Virtue, Responsibility, Morality, Power

82. “For men to tell how human life began Is hard; for who himself beginning knew?”

John Milton

Origin, Life, Knowledge, Mystery, Human Limitation

83. “For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone.”

John Milton

Hypocrisy, Evil, Divine Perception, Human Limitation, Morality

84. “For no falsehood can endure Touch of celestial temper.”

John Milton

Truth, Divinity, Falsehood, Morality, Spiritual Power

85. “For so I created them free and free they must remain.”

John Milton

Free Will, Creation, Divine Plan, Human Nature, Freedom

86. “For solitude sometimes is best society and short retirement urges sweet return.”

John Milton

Solitude, Society, Retirement, Return, Personal Growth

87. “For to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise.”

John Milton

Imagination, Comfort, Illusion, Human Weakness, Mental Escape

88. “For truth is strong next to the Almighty. She needs no policies or stratagems or licensings to make her victorious. These are the shifts and the defences that error uses against her power.”

John Milton

Truth, Strength, Divine Power, Error, Moral Victory

89. “For what can war, but endless war, still breed?”

John Milton

War, Cycle Of Violence, Futility, Conflict, Human Nature

90. “For what is glory but the blaze of fame?”

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Glory, Fame, Reputation, Human Ambition, Questioning

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