Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.
John Milton
Athens, Culture, Arts, Eloquence, Civilization
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“O impotence of mind, in body strong! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom, vast, unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties, not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command.” John Milton
Strength, Wisdom, Balance, Vulnerability, Leadership
John Milton Strength, Wisdom, Balance, Vulnerability, Leadership“Accuse not nature: she hath done her part; Do thou but thine.” John Milton
Nature, Responsibility, Duty, Self-improvement, Human Agency
John Milton Nature, Responsibility, Duty, Self-improvement, Human Agency“Nor jealousy Was understood, the injur'd lover's hell.” John Milton
Jealousy, Love, Suffering, Human Emotion, Relationship
John Milton Jealousy, Love, Suffering, Human Emotion, Relationship“Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep...” John Milton
Reconciliation, Hate, Forgiveness, Human Nature, Conflict
John Milton Reconciliation, Hate, Forgiveness, Human Nature, Conflict“Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls his watery labyrinth, which whoso drinks forgets both joy and grief.” John Milton
Mythology, Memory, Oblivion, Joy, Grief
John Milton Mythology, Memory, Oblivion, Joy, Grief“Heaven Is as the Book of God before thee set, Wherein to read His wondrous works.” John Milton
Heaven, Divine Revelation, Nature, Knowledge, Spiritual Insight
John Milton Heaven, Divine Revelation, Nature, Knowledge, Spiritual Insight“Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity.” John Milton
Celebration, Night, Joy, Festivity, Indulgence
John Milton Celebration, Night, Joy, Festivity, Indulgence“Where all life dies death lives.” John Milton
Death, Life, Paradox, Existence, Philosophical Musing
John Milton Death, Life, Paradox, Existence, Philosophical Musing“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
John Milton Nativity, Christ, Redemption, Virgin Birth, Christianity“Money brings honor, friends, conquest, and realms.” John Milton
Money, Power, Influence, Wealth, Human Nature
John Milton Money, Power, Influence, Wealth, Human Nature“Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train.” John Milton
Melancholy, Purity, Solemnity, Personification, Imagery
John Milton Melancholy, Purity, Solemnity, Personification, Imagery“Eloquence the soul, song charms the senses.” John Milton
Eloquence, Music, Soul, Senses, Artistic Expression
John Milton Eloquence, Music, Soul, Senses, Artistic Expression“For solitude sometimes is best society and short retirement urges sweet return.” John Milton
Solitude, Society, Retirement, Return, Personal Growth
John Milton Solitude, Society, Retirement, Return, Personal Growth“I fled, and cry'd out, Death; Hell trembled at the hideous name, and sigh'd From all her caves, and back resounded, Death.” John Milton
Death, Hell, Fear, Power Of Words, Cosmic Response
John Milton Death, Hell, Fear, Power Of Words, Cosmic Response“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
John Milton Love, Harmony, Virtue, Relationship, Unity“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
John Milton Wisdom, Solitude, Contemplation, Growth, Inner Peace“For what is glory but the blaze of fame?” John Milton
Glory, Fame, Reputation, Human Ambition, Questioning
John Milton Glory, Fame, Reputation, Human Ambition, Questioning“A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses.” John Milton
Imagination, Memory, Fantasy, Nature, Supernatural
John Milton Imagination, Memory, Fantasy, Nature, Supernatural