Sense of pleasure we may well Spare out of life perhaps, and not repine, But live content, which is the calmest life; But pain is perfect misery, the worst Of evils, and excessive, overturns All patience.
John Milton
Pleasure, Contentment, Pain, Suffering, Human Condition
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“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“Dark with excessive bright.” John Milton
Paradox, Divine Light, Perception, Overwhelming Presence, Spiritual Experience
John Milton Paradox, Divine Light, Perception, Overwhelming Presence, Spiritual Experience“Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear.” John Milton
Hope, Fear, Emotions, Farewell, Human Condition
John Milton Hope, Fear, Emotions, Farewell, Human Condition“Wealth and honours, which most men pursue, easily change masters; they desert to the side which excels in virtue, industry, and endurance of toil, and they abandon the slothful.” John Milton
Wealth, Virtue, Industry, Perseverance, Moral Economy
John Milton Wealth, Virtue, Industry, Perseverance, Moral Economy“It is Chastity, my brother. She that has that is clad in complete steel.” John Milton
Chastity, Virtue, Protection, Moral Strength, Personification
John Milton Chastity, Virtue, Protection, Moral Strength, Personification“For what is glory but the blaze of fame?” John Milton
Glory, Fame, Reputation, Human Ambition, Questioning
John Milton Glory, Fame, Reputation, Human Ambition, Questioning“What is strength without a double share of wisdom?” John Milton
Strength, Wisdom, Balance, Virtue, Human Potential
John Milton Strength, Wisdom, Balance, Virtue, Human Potential“Nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.” John Milton
Womanhood, Domesticity, Marriage, Virtue, Gender Roles
John Milton Womanhood, Domesticity, Marriage, Virtue, Gender Roles“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“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“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“Part of my soul I seek thee, and claim thee my other half.” John Milton
Love, Soulmates, Unity, Companionship, Human Connection
John Milton Love, Soulmates, Unity, Companionship, Human Connection“Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk.” John Milton
Virtue, Inner Light, Moral Strength, Guidance, Self-reliance
John Milton Virtue, Inner Light, Moral Strength, Guidance, Self-reliance“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“Live like Nature's bastards, not her sons.” John Milton
Nature, Authenticity, Criticism, Human Behavior, Moral Exhortation
John Milton Nature, Authenticity, Criticism, Human Behavior, Moral Exhortation“I hate when vice can bolt her arguments, And virtue has no tongue to check her pride.” John Milton
Vice, Virtue, Argument, Pride, Moral Struggle
John Milton Vice, Virtue, Argument, Pride, Moral Struggle“God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise. With thee conversing I forget all time.” John Milton
Gender Roles, Divine Order, Love, Knowledge, Timelessness
John Milton Gender Roles, Divine Order, Love, Knowledge, Timelessness“In contemplation of created things, by steps we may ascend to God.” John Milton
Nature, Spirituality, Contemplation, Divine Ascent, Creation
John Milton Nature, Spirituality, Contemplation, Divine Ascent, Creation