Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.
John Milton
Truth, Difficulty, Moral Journey, Perseverance, Wisdom
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“Calm of mind, all passion spent.” John Milton
Tranquility, Passion, Contentment, Emotional State, Inner Peace
John Milton Tranquility, Passion, Contentment, Emotional State, Inner Peace“Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss.” John Milton
Love, Happiness, Relationship, Fulfillment, Human Connection
John Milton Love, Happiness, Relationship, Fulfillment, Human Connection“With thee conversing I forget all time.” John Milton
Love, Companionship, Timelessness, Conversation, Relationship
John Milton Love, Companionship, Timelessness, Conversation, Relationship“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.” John Milton
Pleasure, Contentment, Pain, Suffering, Human Condition
John Milton Pleasure, Contentment, Pain, Suffering, Human Condition“Retiring from the popular noise, I seek This unfrequented place to find some ease.” John Milton
Solitude, Peace, Retreat, Nature, Self-reflection
John Milton Solitude, Peace, Retreat, Nature, Self-reflection“Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.” John Milton
Love, Reconciliation, Relationships, Harmony, Human Nature
John Milton Love, Reconciliation, Relationships, Harmony, Human Nature“Beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive.” John Milton
Beauty, Weakness, Captivity, Perception, Moral Strength
John Milton Beauty, Weakness, Captivity, Perception, Moral Strength“Live like Nature's bastards, not her sons.” John Milton
Nature, Authenticity, Criticism, Human Behavior, Moral Exhortation
John Milton Nature, Authenticity, Criticism, Human Behavior, Moral Exhortation“Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.” John Milton
Words, Healing, Comfort, Mental Health, Communication
John Milton Words, Healing, Comfort, Mental Health, Communication“Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.” John Milton
Supernatural, Virginity, Protection, Night, Folklore
John Milton Supernatural, Virginity, Protection, Night, Folklore“Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.” John Milton
Nature, Trees, Landscape, Beauty, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Nature, Trees, Landscape, Beauty, Poetic Imagery“I will point ye out the right path of a virtuous and noble Education; laborious indeed at first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect, and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.” John Milton
Education, Virtue, Effort, Reward, Personal Growth
John Milton Education, Virtue, Effort, Reward, Personal Growth“What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?” John Milton
Defense, Vulnerability, Strategy, Inconsistency, Futility
John Milton Defense, Vulnerability, Strategy, Inconsistency, Futility“In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.” John Milton
Change, Fear, Power, Darkness, Political Upheaval
John Milton Change, Fear, Power, Darkness, Political Upheaval“How gladly would I meet mortality, my sentence, and be earth in sensible! How glad would lay me down, as in my mother's lap! There I should rest, and sleep secure.” John Milton
Mortality, Death, Nature, Rest, Maternal Imagery
John Milton Mortality, Death, Nature, Rest, Maternal Imagery“I see thou art implacable, more deaf To pray'rs than winds and seas. Yet winds to seas Are reconcil'd at length, and sea to shore: Thy anger, unappeasable, still rages Eternal tempest never to be calm'd.” John Milton
Anger, Reconciliation, Nature, Human Emotion, Divine Wrath
John Milton Anger, Reconciliation, Nature, Human Emotion, Divine Wrath“Pandemonium, the palace of Satan rises, suddenly built of the deep: the infernal peers there sit in council.” John Milton
Hell, Satan, Evil, Council, Cosmic Order
John Milton Hell, Satan, Evil, Council, Cosmic Order“Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes, That comes to all.” John Milton
Despair, Hell, Hopelessness, Suffering, Damnation
John Milton Despair, Hell, Hopelessness, Suffering, Damnation