Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good.
John Milton
Loneliness, Divine Judgment, Human Nature, Companionship, Creation
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“Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible.” John Milton
Hell, Darkness, Paradox, Spiritual State, Imagery
John Milton Hell, Darkness, Paradox, Spiritual State, Imagery“What better can we do than prostrate fall before Him reverent, and there confess humbly our faults, and pardon beg with tears watering the ground?” John Milton
Humility, Repentance, Divine Worship, Confession, Reverence
John Milton Humility, Repentance, Divine Worship, Confession, Reverence“Where more is meant than meets the ear.” John Milton
Meaning, Interpretation, Depth, Perception, Hidden Truth
John Milton Meaning, Interpretation, Depth, Perception, Hidden Truth“Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.” John Milton
Revenge, Victory, Consolation, Conflict, Human Desire
John Milton Revenge, Victory, Consolation, Conflict, Human Desire“If weakness may excuse, What murderer, what traitor, parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it? All wickedness is weakness; that plea, therefore, With God or man will gain thee no remission.” John Milton
Weakness, Sin, Excuse, Divine Judgment, Moral Responsibility
John Milton Weakness, Sin, Excuse, Divine Judgment, Moral Responsibility“I will not allow my daughters to learn foreign languages because one tongue is sufficient for a woman.” John Milton
Gender Roles, Education, Language, Prejudice, Cultural Limitations
John Milton Gender Roles, Education, Language, Prejudice, Cultural Limitations“Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men; Unless there be who think not God at all.” John Milton
Divine Justice, Faith, Skepticism, Human Understanding, Theodicy
John Milton Divine Justice, Faith, Skepticism, Human Understanding, Theodicy“The strongest and the fiercest spirit That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.” John Milton
Satan, Despair, Strength, Rebellion, Fallen Angel
John Milton Satan, Despair, Strength, Rebellion, Fallen Angel“Beauty is Nature's coin, must not be hoarded, But must be current, and the good thereof Consists in mutual and partaken bliss.” John Milton
Beauty, Nature, Sharing, Happiness, Human Connection
John Milton Beauty, Nature, Sharing, Happiness, Human Connection“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 end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.” John Milton
Learning, God, Knowledge, Love, Spiritual Growth
John Milton Learning, God, Knowledge, Love, Spiritual Growth“Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train.” John Milton
Melancholy, Purity, Solemnity, Personification, Imagery
John Milton Melancholy, Purity, Solemnity, Personification, Imagery“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“From haunted spring and dale Edg'd with poplar pale The parting genius is with sighing sent.” John Milton
Nature, Spirits, Melancholy, Departure, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Nature, Spirits, Melancholy, Departure, Poetic Imagery“All is best, though we oft doubt, what the unsearchable dispose, of highest wisdom brings about.” John Milton
Divine Providence, Doubt, Wisdom, Faith, Optimism
John Milton Divine Providence, Doubt, Wisdom, Faith, Optimism“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“Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation.” John Milton
Creation, Architecture, Nature, Imagery, Sudden Appearance
John Milton Creation, Architecture, Nature, Imagery, Sudden Appearance