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Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?

Divine Inspiration, Mortal Limitation, Enchantment, Beauty, Transcendence

Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine

Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine

Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine

John Milton’s Quotes On Topics

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“Blind mouths! That scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook.”

Ignorance, Incompetence, Leadership, Criticism, Metaphor

“The strongest and the fiercest spirit That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.”

Satan, Despair, Strength, Rebellion, Fallen Angel

“Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.”

Poetry, Nature, Creativity, Mortality, Artistic Process

“Joking decides great things, Stronger and better oft than earnest can.”

Humor, Decision-making, Power, Seriousness, Human Nature

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

Writing, Printing, Communication, Knowledge, Metaphor

“Beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive.”

Beauty, Weakness, Captivity, Perception, Moral Strength

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

Joy, Laughter, Dance, Carefree, Youthful Spirit

“Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.”

Victory, Force, Wisdom, Conflict Resolution, True Conquest

“The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.”

Mind, Perception, Reality, Heaven, Hell

“Yet I shall temper so Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most Them fully satisfy'd, and thee appease.”

Justice, Mercy, Balance, Satisfaction, Divine Judgment

“When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.”

Civil Liberty, Governance, Reform, Wisdom, Social Progress

“These two imparadised in one another's arms, the happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill of bliss on bliss.”

Love, Paradise, Happiness, Relationship, Bliss

“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.”

Nature, Abundance, Morality, Temperance, Divine Provision

“Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible.”

Hell, Darkness, Paradox, Spiritual State, Imagery

“Let us no more contend, nor blame each other, blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten each other's burden.”

Reconciliation, Love, Mutual Support, Forgiveness, Unity

“Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation.”

Creation, Architecture, Nature, Imagery, Sudden Appearance

“Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain; if her waters flow not in perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition.”

Truth, Progress, Conformity, Tradition, Spiritual Growth

“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.”

Liberty, Virtue, Responsibility, Morality, Power

“All hope is lost of my reception into grace; what worse? For where no hope is left, is left no fear.”

Hope, Fear, Grace, Despair, Damnation

“Sense of pleasure we may well Spare out of life perhaps, and not repine, But live content, which is the calmest life; But pain is perfect misery, the worst Of evils, and excessive, overturns All patience.”

Pleasure, Contentment, Pain, Suffering, Human Condition