None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.
John Milton
Freedom, Morality, Virtue, License, Human Nature
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“Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.” John Milton
Love, Reconciliation, Relationships, Harmony, Human Nature
John Milton Love, Reconciliation, Relationships, Harmony, Human Nature“Evil into the mind of god or man may come and go, so unapproved, and leave no spot or blame behind.” John Milton
Evil, Temptation, Purity, Innocence, Moral Responsibility
John Milton Evil, Temptation, Purity, Innocence, Moral Responsibility“Midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence.” John Milton
Night, Sleep, Peace, Tranquility, Nature
John Milton Night, Sleep, Peace, Tranquility, Nature“It is lawful and hath been held so through all ages for any one who have the power to call to account a tyrant or wicked king, and after due conviction to depose and put him to death.” John Milton
Tyranny, Justice, Power, Revolution, Political Philosophy
John Milton Tyranny, Justice, Power, Revolution, Political Philosophy“Still paying, still to owe. Eternal woe!” John Milton
Debt, Suffering, Eternity, Damnation, Consequence
John Milton Debt, Suffering, Eternity, Damnation, Consequence“How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!” John Milton
Time, Youth, Aging, Reflection, Personal Experience
John Milton Time, Youth, Aging, Reflection, Personal Experience“Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.” John Milton
Ambition, Power, Hell, Heaven, Pride
John Milton Ambition, Power, Hell, Heaven, Pride“A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses.” John Milton
Imagination, Memory, Fantasy, Nature, Supernatural
John Milton Imagination, Memory, Fantasy, Nature, Supernatural“The winds with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kisst.” John Milton
Nature, Tranquility, Harmony, Poetic Imagery, Alliteration
John Milton Nature, Tranquility, Harmony, Poetic Imagery, Alliteration“A limbo large and broad, since call'd The Paradise of Fools to few unknown.” John Milton
Folly, Paradise, Ignorance, Spiritual State, Human Condition
John Milton Folly, Paradise, Ignorance, Spiritual State, Human Condition“Who can enjoy alone? Or all enjoying what contentment find?” John Milton
Solitude, Companionship, Happiness, Human Connection, Fulfillment
John Milton Solitude, Companionship, Happiness, Human Connection, Fulfillment“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“A short retirement urges a sweet return.” John Milton
Absence, Return, Appreciation, Relationships, Time
John Milton Absence, Return, Appreciation, Relationships, Time“I see thou art implacable, more deaf To pray'rs than winds and seas. Yet winds to seas Are reconcil'd at length, and sea to shore: Thy anger, unappeasable, still rages Eternal tempest never to be calm'd.” John Milton
Anger, Reconciliation, Nature, Human Emotion, Divine Wrath
John Milton Anger, Reconciliation, Nature, Human Emotion, Divine Wrath“Promiscuous reading is necessary to the constituting of human nature. The attempt to keep out evil doctrine by licensing is like the exploit of that gallant man who thought to keep out the crows by shutting the park gate.” John Milton
Censorship, Knowledge, Human Nature, Freedom Of Thought, Intellectual Growth
John Milton Censorship, Knowledge, Human Nature, Freedom Of Thought, Intellectual Growth“That practis'd falsehood under saintly shew, Deep malice to conceal, couch'd with revenge.” John Milton
Deception, Hypocrisy, Revenge, Evil, Appearances
John Milton Deception, Hypocrisy, Revenge, Evil, Appearances“A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.” John Milton
Books, Wisdom, Knowledge, Spirit, Learning
John Milton Books, Wisdom, Knowledge, Spirit, Learning