John Milton’s Quotes On Topics
Spiritual Weakness | Service | Damnation | Inner Turmoil | Submission | Ambiguity | Divine Order | Achievement | Loyalty | Self-torment | Prayer | Comfort | Divine Purpose | Historical Reference | Abundance | Natural Law | Celestial Hierarchy | Gluttony | Omniscience | Naming | More
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“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“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“Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men.” John Milton
Civilization, Urban Life, Human Activity, Society, Progress
John Milton Civilization, Urban Life, Human Activity, Society, Progress“The Tree of Knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of Good bought dear by knowing ill.” John Milton
Knowledge, Good And Evil, Temptation, Wisdom, Biblical Allusion
John Milton Knowledge, Good And Evil, Temptation, Wisdom, Biblical Allusion“The rising world of waters dark and deep.” John Milton
Creation, Chaos, Depth, Primordial Waters, Biblical Allusion
John Milton Creation, Chaos, Depth, Primordial Waters, Biblical Allusion“Still paying, still to owe. Eternal woe!” John Milton
Debt, Suffering, Eternity, Damnation, Consequence
John Milton Debt, Suffering, Eternity, Damnation, Consequence“Laws can discover sin, but not remove it.” John Milton
Law, Sin, Morality, Human Nature, Societal Limitations
John Milton Law, Sin, Morality, Human Nature, Societal Limitations“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“O visions ill foreseen! Better had I Liv'd ignorant of future, so had borne My part of evil only.” John Milton
Foresight, Ignorance, Future, Evil, Burden Of Knowledge
John Milton Foresight, Ignorance, Future, Evil, Burden Of Knowledge“Calm of mind, all passion spent.” John Milton
Tranquility, Passion, Contentment, Emotional State, Inner Peace
John Milton Tranquility, Passion, Contentment, Emotional State, Inner Peace“I thence invoke my thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.” John Milton
Inspiration, Ambition, Poetry, Creativity, Literary Aspiration
John Milton Inspiration, Ambition, Poetry, Creativity, Literary Aspiration“The earth, though in comparison of heaven so small, nor glistering, may of solid good contain more plenty than the sun, that barren shines.” John Milton
Earth, Heaven, Value, Appearance, Substance
John Milton Earth, Heaven, Value, Appearance, Substance“Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void.” John Milton
Pain, Commitment, Human Nature, Weakness, Vows
John Milton Pain, Commitment, Human Nature, Weakness, Vows“Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.” John Milton
Death, Eternity, Afterlife, Transition, Metaphor
John Milton Death, Eternity, Afterlife, Transition, Metaphor“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“Nor aught availed him now to have built in heaven high towers; nor did he scrape by all his engines, but was headlong sent with his industrious crew to build in hell.” John Milton
Pride, Fall, Divine Punishment, Hell, Ambition
John Milton Pride, Fall, Divine Punishment, Hell, Ambition“Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.” John Milton
Truth, Rejection, Birth, Societal Response, Knowledge
John Milton Truth, Rejection, Birth, Societal Response, Knowledge“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“That virtue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows not the utmost that vice promises to her followers, and rejects it, is but a blank virtue, not a pure; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness.” John Milton
Virtue, Innocence, Evil, Moral Development, Purity
John Milton Virtue, Innocence, Evil, Moral Development, Purity