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415 Powerful John Milton Quotes to Inspire You

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211. “The olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long.”

John Milton

Philosophy, Learning, Nature, Greece, Intellectual Pursuit

212. “O visions ill foreseen! Better had I Liv'd ignorant of future, so had borne My part of evil only.”

John Milton

Foresight, Ignorance, Future, Evil, Burden Of Knowledge

213. “I hate when vice can bolt her arguments, And virtue has no tongue to check her pride.”

John Milton

Vice, Virtue, Argument, Pride, Moral Struggle

214. “Reason is also choice.”

John Milton

Reason, Choice, Free Will, Decision-making, Rationality

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

John Milton

Wisdom, Daily Life, Practicality, Present Moment, Knowledge

216. “There are no songs comparable to the songs of Zion, no orations equal to those of the prophets, and no politics like those which the Scriptures teach.”

John Milton

Scripture, Inspiration, Divine Wisdom, Art, Politics

217. “License they mean when they cry Liberty; For who loves that, must first be wise and good.”

John Milton

Liberty, License, Wisdom, Virtue, Social Responsibility

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

John Milton

Divine Providence, Trials, Strength, Faith, Personal Growth

219. “There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.”

John Milton

Inner Wealth, Strength, Character, True Value, Human Potential

220. “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

221. “No war or battle sound was heard the world around.”

John Milton

Peace, Silence, Utopia, Global Harmony, Ideal World

222. “Beyond is all abyss, eternity, whose end no eye can reach.”

John Milton

Eternity, Infinity, Mystery, Cosmic Scale, Human Limitation

223. “Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe.”

John Milton

Joy, Laughter, Dance, Carefree, Youthful Spirit

224. “All is best, though we oft doubt, what the unsearchable dispose, of highest wisdom brings about.”

John Milton

Divine Providence, Doubt, Wisdom, Faith, Optimism

225. “Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.”

John Milton

Goodness, Sharing, Abundance, Virtue, Social Benefit

226. “Innumerable as the stars of night, Or stars of morning, dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower.”

John Milton

Nature, Abundance, Beauty, Imagery, Cosmic Scale

227. “The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.”

John Milton

Liberty, Nature, Freedom, Personification, Poetic Imagery

228. “Vanity is definitely my favorite sin.”

John Milton

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

229. “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

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

John Milton

Unity, Cooperation, Hope, Risk, Shared Purpose

231. “Let no man seek Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall Him or his children.”

John Milton

Fate, Prophecy, Future, Free Will, Human Destiny

232. “Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, in every gesture dignity and love.”

John Milton

Grace, Beauty, Love, Divinity, Femininity

233. “Ink is the blood of the printing-press.”

John Milton

Writing, Printing, Communication, Knowledge, Metaphor

234. “It is lawful and hath been held so through all ages for any one who have the power to call to account a tyrant or wicked king, and after due conviction to depose and put him to death.”

John Milton

Tyranny, Justice, Power, Revolution, Political Philosophy

235. “This is servitude, To serve the unwise.”

John Milton

Servitude, Wisdom, Leadership, Social Criticism, Folly

236. “Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.”

John Milton

Words, Healing, Comfort, Mental Health, Communication

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

John Milton

Eloquence, Music, Soul, Senses, Artistic Expression

238. “O madness to think use of strongest wines And strongest drinks our chief support of health, When God with these forbidden made choice to rear His mighty champion, strong above compare, Whose drink was only from the liquid brook.”

John Milton

Temperance, Health, Divine Wisdom, Strength, Natural Living

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

John Milton

New Beginnings, Hope, Nature, Journey, Change

240. “Sometimes people close a door because they're trying to figure out a way to get you to knock.”

John Milton

Relationships, Communication, Opportunity, Persistence, Human Behavior

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