The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.
John Milton
Stars, Guidance, Nature, Journey, Divine Providence
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“O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken primrose fading timelessly.” John Milton
Beauty, Transience, Nature, Mortality, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Beauty, Transience, Nature, Mortality, Poetic Imagery“Know thy birth! For dost thou art, and shalt to dust return.” John Milton
Mortality, Origin, Human Condition, Cycle Of Life, Biblical Allusion
John Milton Mortality, Origin, Human Condition, Cycle Of Life, Biblical Allusion“What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. 1 Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 22.” John Milton
Divine Inspiration, Enlightenment, Providence, Poetry, Spiritual Quest
John Milton Divine Inspiration, Enlightenment, Providence, Poetry, Spiritual Quest“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“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
John Milton Truth, Suffering, Fortitude, Victory, Faith“Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.” John Milton
Books, Knowledge, Destruction, Reason, Human Value
John Milton Books, Knowledge, Destruction, Reason, Human Value“Yet much remains To conquer still; peace hath her victories No less renowned then war, new foes arise Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains: Help us to save free conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves whose gospel is their maw.” John Milton
Peace, War, Spiritual Struggle, Freedom, Conscience
John Milton Peace, War, Spiritual Struggle, Freedom, Conscience“Now came still evening on; and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad: Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to they grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale.” John Milton
Evening, Nature, Silence, Rest, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Evening, Nature, Silence, Rest, Poetic Imagery“Virtue that wavers is not virtue.” John Milton
Virtue, Constancy, Moral Strength, Integrity, Character
John Milton Virtue, Constancy, Moral Strength, Integrity, Character“Meanwhile the Adversary of God and man, Satan with thoughts inflamed of highest design, Puts on swift wings, and towards the gates of hell Explores his solitary flight.” John Milton
Satan, Evil, Ambition, Hell, Cosmic Conflict
John Milton Satan, Evil, Ambition, Hell, Cosmic Conflict“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“What reinforcement we may gain from hope; If not, what resolution from despair.” John Milton
Hope, Despair, Resilience, Human Spirit, Emotional Strength
John Milton Hope, Despair, Resilience, Human Spirit, Emotional Strength“O sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell, how glorious once above thy sphere.” John Milton
Fallen State, Regret, Past Glory, Sun, Divine Punishment
John Milton Fallen State, Regret, Past Glory, Sun, Divine Punishment“For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone.” John Milton
Hypocrisy, Evil, Divine Perception, Human Limitation, Morality
John Milton Hypocrisy, Evil, Divine Perception, Human Limitation, Morality“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