Suffering for truth's sake Is fortitude to highest victory, And to the faithful death the gate of life.
John Milton
Truth, Suffering, Fortitude, Victory, Faith
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“In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat bread, Till thou return unto the ground; for thou Out of the ground wast taken; know thy birth, For dust thou art, and shalt to dust return.” John Milton
Labor, Mortality, Human Condition, Biblical Allusion, Life Cycle
John Milton Labor, Mortality, Human Condition, Biblical Allusion, Life Cycle“Where no hope is left, is left no fear.” John Milton
Hope, Fear, Despair, Human Condition, Emotional State
John Milton Hope, Fear, Despair, Human Condition, Emotional State“Such sober certainty of waking bliss.” John Milton
Happiness, Certainty, Contentment, Consciousness, Joy
John Milton Happiness, Certainty, Contentment, Consciousness, Joy“Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging low with sullen roar.” John Milton
Evening, Sound, Landscape, Melancholy, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Evening, Sound, Landscape, Melancholy, Poetic Imagery“If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man.” John Milton
Censorship, Regulation, Freedom, Pleasure, Societal Control
John Milton Censorship, Regulation, Freedom, Pleasure, Societal Control“Take heed lest passion sway Thy judgement to do aught, which else free will Would not admit.” John Milton
Passion, Judgment, Free Will, Self-control, Moral Choice
John Milton Passion, Judgment, Free Will, Self-control, Moral Choice“Day and night, Seed-time and harvest, heat and hoary frost Shall hold their course, till fire purge all things new.” John Milton
Nature, Cycles, Time, Renewal, Apocalypse
John Milton Nature, Cycles, Time, Renewal, Apocalypse“Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.” John Milton
Life, Living Well, Divine Providence, Moderation, Wisdom
John Milton Life, Living Well, Divine Providence, Moderation, Wisdom“Necessity and chance Approach not me, and what I will is fate.” John Milton
Fate, Free Will, Destiny, Power, Self-determination
John Milton Fate, Free Will, Destiny, Power, Self-determination“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“The first and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew.” John Milton
Wisdom, Humility, Knowledge, Socratic Method, Self-awareness
John Milton Wisdom, Humility, Knowledge, Socratic Method, Self-awareness“Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity.” John Milton
Celebration, Night, Joy, Festivity, Indulgence
John Milton Celebration, Night, Joy, Festivity, Indulgence“Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss.” John Milton
Goodness, Virtue, Evil, Beauty, Moral Contrast
John Milton Goodness, Virtue, Evil, Beauty, Moral Contrast“The liberty of conscience, which above all other things ought to be to all men dearest and most precious.” John Milton
Liberty, Conscience, Freedom, Human Rights, Morality
John Milton Liberty, Conscience, Freedom, Human Rights, Morality“Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls his watery labyrinth, which whoso drinks forgets both joy and grief.” John Milton
Mythology, Memory, Oblivion, Joy, Grief
John Milton Mythology, Memory, Oblivion, Joy, Grief“Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.” John Milton
Light, Darkness, Ambiance, Perception, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Light, Darkness, Ambiance, Perception, Poetic Imagery