In God's intention, a meet and happy conversation is the chiefest and noblest end of marriage.
John Milton
Marriage, Companionship, Divine Purpose, Conversation, Happiness
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Introspection | Acceptance | Divine Wrath | Birdsong | Foreboding | Human Achievement | Transition | Mythology | Moral Exhortation | Darkness | Divine Protection | Justice | Honor | Free Speech | Athens | Foundation | Fellowship | Materialism | Divine Work | Purification | More
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“Farewell happy fields, Where joy forever dwells: Hail, horrors, hail.” John Milton
Paradise Lost, Transition, Contrast, Acceptance, Fallen State
John Milton Paradise Lost, Transition, Contrast, Acceptance, Fallen State“Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall.” John Milton
Free Will, Human Nature, Moral Choice, Divine Creation, Fall Of Man
John Milton Free Will, Human Nature, Moral Choice, Divine Creation, Fall Of Man“Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.” John Milton
Self-esteem, Morality, Justice, Personal Growth, Virtue
John Milton Self-esteem, Morality, Justice, Personal Growth, Virtue“See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds, With joy and love triumphing.” John Milton
Golden Age, Virtue, Joy, Love, Triumph
John Milton Golden Age, Virtue, Joy, Love, Triumph“Virtue that wavers is not virtue, but vice revolted from itself, and after a while returning. The actions of just and pious men do not darken in their middle course.” John Milton
Virtue, Constancy, Moral Strength, Righteousness, Human Nature
John Milton Virtue, Constancy, Moral Strength, Righteousness, Human Nature“On the tawny sands and shelves trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.” John Milton
Fantasy, Nature, Supernatural, Playfulness, Imagery
John Milton Fantasy, Nature, Supernatural, Playfulness, Imagery“How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets Where no crude surfeit reigns.” John Milton
Philosophy, Beauty, Wisdom, Harmony, Intellectual Pleasure
John Milton Philosophy, Beauty, Wisdom, Harmony, Intellectual Pleasure“The olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long.” John Milton
Philosophy, Learning, Nature, Greece, Intellectual Pursuit
John Milton Philosophy, Learning, Nature, Greece, Intellectual Pursuit“Now the bright morning-star, day's harbinger, comes dancing from the east.” John Milton
Morning, Hope, New Beginnings, Nature, Celestial Imagery
John Milton Morning, Hope, New Beginnings, Nature, Celestial Imagery“It is not virtue, wisdom, valour, wit, Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit, That woman's love can win, or long inherit; But what it is, hard is to say, Harder to hit.” John Milton
Love, Mystery, Human Nature, Attraction, Relationships
John Milton Love, Mystery, Human Nature, Attraction, Relationships“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“Courage never to submit of yield.” John Milton
Courage, Perseverance, Strength, Determination, Resilience
John Milton Courage, Perseverance, Strength, Determination, Resilience“Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise.” John Milton
Fame, Motivation, Ambition, Spirit, Achievement
John Milton Fame, Motivation, Ambition, Spirit, Achievement“It is Chastity, my brother. She that has that is clad in complete steel.” John Milton
Chastity, Virtue, Protection, Moral Strength, Personification
John Milton Chastity, Virtue, Protection, Moral Strength, Personification“If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man.” John Milton
Censorship, Regulation, Freedom, Pleasure, Societal Control
John Milton Censorship, Regulation, Freedom, Pleasure, Societal Control“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