Be strong, live happy and love, but first of all Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command!
John Milton
Strength, Happiness, Love, Obedience, Divine Command
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“Dark with excessive bright.” John Milton
Paradox, Divine Light, Perception, Overwhelming Presence, Spiritual Experience
John Milton Paradox, Divine Light, Perception, Overwhelming Presence, Spiritual Experience“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“Impostor; do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good, That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare temperance.” John Milton
Nature, Abundance, Morality, Temperance, Divine Provision
John Milton Nature, Abundance, Morality, Temperance, Divine Provision“Assuredly we bring not innocence not the world, we bring impurity much rather: that which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary.” John Milton
Innocence, Impurity, Trial, Purification, Human Nature
John Milton Innocence, Impurity, Trial, Purification, Human Nature“Who knows not Circe, The daughter of the Sun, whose charmed cup Whoever tasted, lost his upright shape, And downward fell into a groveling swine?” John Milton
Mythology, Temptation, Transformation, Magic, Human Nature
John Milton Mythology, Temptation, Transformation, Magic, Human Nature“Fate shall yield To fickle Chance, and Chaos judge the strife.” John Milton
Fate, Chance, Chaos, Cosmic Order, Uncertainty
John Milton Fate, Chance, Chaos, Cosmic Order, Uncertainty“For evil news rides post, while good news baits.” John Milton
News, Good And Evil, Communication, Human Nature, Metaphor
John Milton News, Good And Evil, Communication, Human Nature, Metaphor“The Tree of Knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of Good bought dear by knowing ill.” John Milton
Knowledge, Good And Evil, Temptation, Wisdom, Biblical Allusion
John Milton Knowledge, Good And Evil, Temptation, Wisdom, Biblical Allusion“Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.” John Milton
Poetry, Imagination, Nature, Theater, Literary Appreciation
John Milton Poetry, Imagination, Nature, Theater, Literary Appreciation“Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.” John Milton
Light, Darkness, Ambiance, Perception, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Light, Darkness, Ambiance, Perception, Poetic Imagery“Beauty is God's handwriting-a wayside sacrament.” John Milton
Beauty, Divine Creation, Nature, Spirituality, Revelation
John Milton Beauty, Divine Creation, Nature, Spirituality, Revelation“Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.” John Milton
Innocence, Experience, Darkness, Human Nature, Irreversibility
John Milton Innocence, Experience, Darkness, Human Nature, Irreversibility“The never-ending flight Of future days.” John Milton
Time, Future, Eternity, Continuity, Human Existence
John Milton Time, Future, Eternity, Continuity, Human Existence“Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.” John Milton
Goodness, Sharing, Abundance, Virtue, Social Benefit
John Milton Goodness, Sharing, Abundance, Virtue, Social Benefit“The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flow'r, but not in this soil; Unknown, and like esteem'd, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon.” John Milton
Potential, Environment, Perception, Hidden Value, Nature
John Milton Potential, Environment, Perception, Hidden Value, Nature“That virtue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows not the utmost that vice promises to her followers, and rejects it, is but a blank virtue, not a pure; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness.” John Milton
Virtue, Innocence, Evil, Moral Development, Purity
John Milton Virtue, Innocence, Evil, Moral Development, Purity“Nations grow corrupt, love bondage more than liberty; bondage with ease than strenuous liberty.” John Milton
Corruption, Liberty, Bondage, National Character, Moral Decay
John Milton Corruption, Liberty, Bondage, National Character, Moral Decay