Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.
John Milton
Truth, Rejection, Birth, Societal Response, Knowledge
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“Hear all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.” John Milton
Angels, Celestial Hierarchy, Divine Order, Heavenly Beings, Cosmic Structure
John Milton Angels, Celestial Hierarchy, Divine Order, Heavenly Beings, Cosmic Structure“Anger and just rebuke, and judgment given, That brought into this world a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death, and Misery, Death's harbinger.” John Milton
Divine Judgment, Sin, Death, Misery, Fallen World
John Milton Divine Judgment, Sin, Death, Misery, Fallen World“Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.” John Milton
Liberty, Knowledge, Free Speech, Conscience, Human Rights
John Milton Liberty, Knowledge, Free Speech, Conscience, Human Rights“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“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“Innumerable as the stars of night, Or stars of morning, dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower.” John Milton
Nature, Abundance, Beauty, Imagery, Cosmic Scale
John Milton Nature, Abundance, Beauty, Imagery, Cosmic Scale“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“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“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“Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good; and if the night Have gathered aught of evil or concealed, Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark.” John Milton
Divine Appeal, Goodness, Evil, Light And Darkness, Prayer
John Milton Divine Appeal, Goodness, Evil, Light And Darkness, Prayer“Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.” John Milton
Truth, Difficulty, Moral Journey, Perseverance, Wisdom
John Milton Truth, Difficulty, Moral Journey, Perseverance, Wisdom“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“Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportion'd strength.” John Milton
Divine Providence, Trials, Strength, Faith, Personal Growth
John Milton Divine Providence, Trials, Strength, Faith, Personal Growth“The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burthensome, still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still receivd, And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and dischargd; what burden then?” John Milton
Gratitude, Debt, Paradox, Spiritual Growth, Divine Grace
John Milton Gratitude, Debt, Paradox, Spiritual Growth, Divine Grace“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“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“My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth.” John Milton
Heaven, Spirituality, Transcendence, Earthly Life, Celestial Realm
John Milton Heaven, Spirituality, Transcendence, Earthly Life, Celestial Realm