In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat bread, Till thou return unto the ground; for thou Out of the ground wast taken; know thy birth, For dust thou art, and shalt to dust return.
John Milton
Labor, Mortality, Human Condition, Biblical Allusion, Life Cycle
John Milton’s Quotes On Topics
Rejection | Moral Contrast | Moral Decay | Elemental Forces | Holistic Approach | Equality | Contrast | Destruction | Regret | Moral Awakening | Purity | Divine Power | Submission | Departure | Intellectual Development | Council | Life | Oblivion | Evening | Goodness | More
More John Milton Quotes
“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“The teachers of our law, and to propose What might improve my knowledge or their own.” John Milton
Education, Law, Knowledge, Improvement, Mutual Learning
John Milton Education, Law, Knowledge, Improvement, Mutual Learning“I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat.” John Milton
Virtue, Challenge, Moral Strength, Experience, Life Struggle
John Milton Virtue, Challenge, Moral Strength, Experience, Life Struggle“My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth.” John Milton
Heaven, Spirituality, Transcendence, Earthly Life, Celestial Realm
John Milton Heaven, Spirituality, Transcendence, Earthly Life, Celestial Realm“Is it true, O Christ in heaven, that the highest suffer the most? That the strongest wander furthest and most hopelessly are lost? That the mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain? That the anguish of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain?” John Milton
Suffering, Strength, Loss, Pain, Artistic Creation
John Milton Suffering, Strength, Loss, Pain, Artistic Creation“Goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems.” John Milton
Goodness, Perception, Innocence, Judgment, Moral Purity
John Milton Goodness, Perception, Innocence, Judgment, Moral Purity“Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward.” John Milton
Perseverance, Faith, Hope, Adversity, Divine Will
John Milton Perseverance, Faith, Hope, Adversity, Divine Will“The love-lorn nightingale nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well.” John Milton
Love, Sorrow, Nature, Poetry, Melancholy
John Milton Love, Sorrow, Nature, Poetry, Melancholy“Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.” John Milton
Knowledge, Wisdom, Superficiality, Reading, Self-awareness
John Milton Knowledge, Wisdom, Superficiality, Reading, Self-awareness“Thoughts that voluntary move Harmonious numbers.” John Milton
Poetry, Inspiration, Creativity, Harmony, Thought
John Milton Poetry, Inspiration, Creativity, Harmony, Thought“Knowledge cannot defile, nor consequently the books, if the will and conscience be not defiled.” John Milton
Knowledge, Morality, Books, Conscience, Purity
John Milton Knowledge, Morality, Books, Conscience, Purity“Dim eclipse, disastrous twilight.” John Milton
Darkness, Foreboding, Cosmic Event, Ominous Imagery, Nature
John Milton Darkness, Foreboding, Cosmic Event, Ominous Imagery, Nature“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“The martyrs shook the powers of darkness with the irresistible power of weakness.” John Milton
Martyrdom, Strength, Weakness, Faith, Spiritual Power
John Milton Martyrdom, Strength, Weakness, Faith, Spiritual Power“A short retirement urges a sweet return.” John Milton
Absence, Return, Appreciation, Relationships, Time
John Milton Absence, Return, Appreciation, Relationships, Time“In Physic, things of melancholic hue and quality are used against melancholy, sour against sour, salt to remove salt humors.” John Milton
Medicine, Melancholy, Balance, Healing, Holistic Approach
John Milton Medicine, Melancholy, Balance, Healing, Holistic Approach“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