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415 Powerful John Milton Quotes to Inspire You

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61. “True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.”

John Milton

Greed, Modesty, Wealth, Virtue, Social Commentary

62. “Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men.”

John Milton

Civilization, Urban Life, Human Activity, Society, Progress

63. “To-morrow to fresh woods, and pastures new.”

John Milton

New Beginnings, Hope, Nature, Journey, Change

64. “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

65. “To many a youth and many a maid, dancing in the chequer'd shade.”

John Milton

Youth, Joy, Nature, Dance, Innocence

66. “To live a life half dead, a living death.”

John Milton

Life, Death, Existence, Suffering, Paradox

67. “To know that which lies before us in daily life is the prime wisdom.”

John Milton

Wisdom, Daily Life, Practicality, Present Moment, Knowledge

68. “To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise.”

John Milton

Nature, Dawn, Birdsong, Awakening, Poetic Imagery

69. “To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering.”

John Milton

Weakness, Misery, Action, Suffering, Human Condition

70. “To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.”

John Milton

Blindness, Suffering, Resilience, Perspective, Human Condition

71. “To adore the conqueror, who now beholds Cherub and seraph rolling in the flood.”

John Milton

Conquest, Divine Power, Angels, Submission, Cosmic Struggle

72. “Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.”

John Milton

Time, Golden Age, Nostalgia, Hope, Cyclical Nature

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

John Milton

Time, Eternity, Measurement, Existence, Cosmic Order

74. “Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine.”

John Milton

Blindness, Loss, Nature, Seasons, Human Experience

75. “Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb, counseled ignoble ease, and peaceful sloth, not peace.”

John Milton

Deception, Reason, Sloth, Peace, Temptation

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

John Milton

Power, Hierarchy, Divine Order, Cosmic Structure, Authority

77. “Thoughts that voluntary move Harmonious numbers.”

John Milton

Poetry, Inspiration, Creativity, Harmony, Thought

78. “Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.”

John Milton

Greed, Human Nature, Materialism, Inner Character, Moral Criticism

79. “Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.”

John Milton

Freedom, Mind, Resilience, Inner Strength, Defiance

80. “Thou art my father, thou my author, thou my being gav'st me; whom should I obey but thee, whom follow?”

John Milton

Obedience, Creation, Divine Authority, Filial Duty, Spiritual Guidance

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

John Milton

Reason, Force, Power, Equality, Supremacy

82. “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

83. “This manner of writing wherein knowing myself inferior to myself? I have the use, as I may account it, but of my left hand.”

John Milton

Writing, Self-awareness, Limitation, Ability, Humility

84. “This is the month, and this the happy morn, wherein the Son of heaven's eternal King, of wedded Maid and Virgin Mother born, our great redemption from above did bring.”

John Milton

Nativity, Christ, Redemption, Virgin Birth, Christianity