Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men.
John Milton
Civilization, Urban Life, Human Activity, Society, Progress
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“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“Hate is of all things the mightiest divider, nay, is division itself. To couple hatred, therefore, though wedlock try all her golden links, and borrow to tier aid all the iron manacles and fetters of law, it does but seek to twist a rope of sand.” John Milton
Hate, Division, Relationships, Law, Futility
John Milton Hate, Division, Relationships, Law, Futility“Impostor; do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good, That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare temperance.” John Milton
Nature, Abundance, Morality, Temperance, Divine Provision
John Milton Nature, Abundance, Morality, Temperance, Divine Provision“The best apology against false accusers is silence.” John Milton
Silence, Defense, False Accusation, Wisdom, Dignity
John Milton Silence, Defense, False Accusation, Wisdom, Dignity“All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.” John Milton
Resilience, Revenge, Hate, Courage, Defiance
John Milton Resilience, Revenge, Hate, Courage, Defiance“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“Into this wild abyss, The womb of Nature and perhaps her grave.” John Milton
Nature, Chaos, Birth, Death, Cosmic Cycle
John Milton Nature, Chaos, Birth, Death, Cosmic Cycle“For books are as meats and viands are; some of good, some of evil sub-stance.” John Milton
Books, Knowledge, Good And Evil, Discernment, Intellectual Nourishment
John Milton Books, Knowledge, Good And Evil, Discernment, Intellectual Nourishment“Death Grinn'd horrible a ghastly smile, to hear His famine should be fill'd.” John Milton
Death, Personification, Horror, Famine, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Death, Personification, Horror, Famine, Poetic Imagery“United thoughts and counsels, equal hope And hazard in the glorious enterprise.” John Milton
Unity, Cooperation, Hope, Risk, Shared Purpose
John Milton Unity, Cooperation, Hope, Risk, Shared Purpose“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“I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient liberty, When straight a barbarous noise environs me Of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes and dogs.” John Milton
Liberty, Ignorance, Criticism, Wisdom, Societal Resistance
John Milton Liberty, Ignorance, Criticism, Wisdom, Societal Resistance“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“For solitude sometimes is best society and short retirement urges sweet return.” John Milton
Solitude, Society, Retirement, Return, Personal Growth
John Milton Solitude, Society, Retirement, Return, Personal Growth“Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.” John Milton
Poetry, Imagination, Nature, Theater, Literary Appreciation
John Milton Poetry, Imagination, Nature, Theater, Literary Appreciation“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“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