Fame, if not double fac'd, is double mouth'd, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds; On both his wings, one black, the other white, Bears greatest names in his wild aery flight.
John Milton
Fame, Duality, Reputation, Human Nature, Ambiguity
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“O Conscience, into what abyss of fears And horrors hast thou driven me, out of which I find no way, from deep to deeper plunged.” John Milton
Conscience, Fear, Moral Anguish, Inner Turmoil, Self-reflection
John Milton Conscience, Fear, Moral Anguish, Inner Turmoil, Self-reflection“Ink is the blood of the printing-press.” John Milton
Writing, Printing, Communication, Knowledge, Metaphor
John Milton Writing, Printing, Communication, Knowledge, Metaphor“When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.” John Milton
Civil Liberty, Governance, Reform, Wisdom, Social Progress
John Milton Civil Liberty, Governance, Reform, Wisdom, Social Progress“Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell.” John Milton
Despair, Self-torment, Hell, Inescapable Nature, Inner Turmoil
John Milton Despair, Self-torment, Hell, Inescapable Nature, Inner Turmoil“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“Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power, After offence returning, to regain Love once possess'd.” John Milton
Beauty, Forgiveness, Love, Human Nature, Redemption
John Milton Beauty, Forgiveness, Love, Human Nature, Redemption“For to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise.” John Milton
Imagination, Comfort, Illusion, Human Weakness, Mental Escape
John Milton Imagination, Comfort, Illusion, Human Weakness, Mental Escape“Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?” John Milton
Music, Intimacy, Silence, Beauty, Sensuality
John Milton Music, Intimacy, Silence, Beauty, Sensuality“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
John Milton Inner Wealth, Strength, Character, True Value, Human Potential“Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not inthralled; Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory.” John Milton
Virtue, Resilience, Adversity, Triumph, Moral Strength
John Milton Virtue, Resilience, Adversity, Triumph, Moral Strength“With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Confusion worse confounded.” John Milton
Chaos, Destruction, Disorder, Accumulation, Cosmic Turmoil
John Milton Chaos, Destruction, Disorder, Accumulation, Cosmic Turmoil“I thence invoke my thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.” John Milton
Inspiration, Ambition, Poetry, Creativity, Literary Aspiration
John Milton Inspiration, Ambition, Poetry, Creativity, Literary Aspiration“Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.” John Milton
Death, Eternity, Afterlife, Transition, Metaphor
John Milton Death, Eternity, Afterlife, Transition, Metaphor“So glistered the dire Snake, and into fraud Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree Of Prohibition, root of all our woe.” John Milton
Temptation, Fall Of Man, Deception, Sin, Biblical Allusion
John Milton Temptation, Fall Of Man, Deception, Sin, Biblical Allusion“Evil into the mind of god or man may come and go, so unapproved, and leave no spot or blame behind.” John Milton
Evil, Temptation, Purity, Innocence, Moral Responsibility
John Milton Evil, Temptation, Purity, Innocence, Moral Responsibility“To many a youth and many a maid, dancing in the chequer'd shade.” John Milton
Youth, Joy, Nature, Dance, Innocence
John Milton Youth, Joy, Nature, Dance, Innocence“Thrones, dominions, princedoms, virtues, powers – If these magnific titles yet remain Not merely titular.” John Milton
Power, Hierarchy, Divine Order, Cosmic Structure, Authority
John Milton Power, Hierarchy, Divine Order, Cosmic Structure, Authority