Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be a sin to know? Can it be death?
John Milton
Knowledge, Forbidden Fruit, Curiosity, Divine Will, Human Nature
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“With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears.” John Milton
Nature, Melancholy, Flowers, Poetry, Imagery
John Milton Nature, Melancholy, Flowers, Poetry, Imagery“They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy.” John Milton
Communion, Immortality, Joy, Fellowship, Spiritual Nourishment
John Milton Communion, Immortality, Joy, Fellowship, Spiritual Nourishment“Those whom reason hath equalled, force hath made supreme.” John Milton
Reason, Force, Power, Equality, Supremacy
John Milton Reason, Force, Power, Equality, Supremacy“All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.” John Milton
Resilience, Revenge, Hate, Courage, Defiance
John Milton Resilience, Revenge, Hate, Courage, Defiance“Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.” John Milton
Greed, Human Nature, Materialism, Inner Character, Moral Criticism
John Milton Greed, Human Nature, Materialism, Inner Character, Moral Criticism“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“Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame,-nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.” John Milton
Death, Nobility, Acceptance, Grief, Honor
John Milton Death, Nobility, Acceptance, Grief, Honor“Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts and from the bottom stir The Hell within him, for within him Hell He brings and round about him, nor from Hell One step no more than from himself can fly By change of place.” John Milton
Inner Turmoil, Hell, Self, Inescapable Nature, Torment
John Milton Inner Turmoil, Hell, Self, Inescapable Nature, Torment“What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste?” John Milton
Feast, Refinement, Greek Culture, Intellectual Pleasure, Companionship
John Milton Feast, Refinement, Greek Culture, Intellectual Pleasure, Companionship“The wife, where danger or dishonour lurks, Safest and seemliest by her husband stays, Who guards her, or with her the worst endures.” John Milton
Marriage, Loyalty, Protection, Partnership, Gender Roles
John Milton Marriage, Loyalty, Protection, Partnership, Gender Roles“Therefore God's universal law Gave to the man despotic power Over his female in due awe, Not from that right to part an hour, Smile she or lour.” John Milton
Gender Roles, Divine Law, Power, Marriage, Patriarchy
John Milton Gender Roles, Divine Law, Power, Marriage, Patriarchy“Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing, And the waters murmuring With such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feathered sleep.” John Milton
Nature, Sleep, Tranquility, Imagery, Sensory Experience
John Milton Nature, Sleep, Tranquility, Imagery, Sensory Experience“Who can in reason then or right assume monarchy over such as live by right his equals, if in power or splendor less, in freedom equal?” John Milton
Equality, Monarchy, Freedom, Justice, Political Philosophy
John Milton Equality, Monarchy, Freedom, Justice, Political Philosophy“Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crush'd the sweet poison of misused wine.” John Milton
Wine, Intoxication, Mythology, Pleasure, Excess
John Milton Wine, Intoxication, Mythology, Pleasure, Excess“Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine.” John Milton
Blindness, Loss, Nature, Seasons, Human Experience
John Milton Blindness, Loss, Nature, Seasons, Human Experience“Education of youth is not a bow for every man to shoot in that counts himself a teacher; but will require sinews almost equal to those which Homer gave to Ulysses.” John Milton
Education, Teaching, Responsibility, Skill, Classical Reference
John Milton Education, Teaching, Responsibility, Skill, Classical Reference“Where all life dies death lives.” John Milton
Death, Life, Paradox, Existence, Philosophical Musing
John Milton Death, Life, Paradox, Existence, Philosophical Musing