What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?
John Milton
Defense, Vulnerability, Strategy, Inconsistency, Futility
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“To adore the conqueror, who now beholds Cherub and seraph rolling in the flood.” John Milton
Conquest, Divine Power, Angels, Submission, Cosmic Struggle
John Milton Conquest, Divine Power, Angels, Submission, Cosmic Struggle“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“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“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“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“Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.” John Milton
Love, Reconciliation, Relationships, Harmony, Human Nature
John Milton Love, Reconciliation, Relationships, Harmony, Human Nature“The gay motes that people the sunbeams.” John Milton
Nature, Light, Beauty, Observation, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Nature, Light, Beauty, Observation, Poetic Imagery“Wisdom's self oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, where with her best nurse Contemplation, she plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings that in the various bustle of resort were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired.” John Milton
Wisdom, Solitude, Contemplation, Growth, Inner Peace
John Milton Wisdom, Solitude, Contemplation, Growth, Inner Peace“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“Have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern god of sea.” John Milton
Sacrifice, Sea, Mythology, Offering, Nature
John Milton Sacrifice, Sea, Mythology, Offering, Nature“Infinity is a dark illimitable ocean, without bound.” John Milton
Infinity, Mystery, Vastness, Philosophical Contemplation, Cosmic Scale
John Milton Infinity, Mystery, Vastness, Philosophical Contemplation, Cosmic Scale“A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses.” John Milton
Imagination, Memory, Fantasy, Nature, Supernatural
John Milton Imagination, Memory, Fantasy, Nature, Supernatural“Now the bright morning-star, day's harbinger, comes dancing from the east.” John Milton
Morning, Hope, New Beginnings, Nature, Celestial Imagery
John Milton Morning, Hope, New Beginnings, Nature, Celestial Imagery“A death-like sleep, A gentle wafting to immortal life.” John Milton
Death, Sleep, Immortality, Transition, Afterlife
John Milton Death, Sleep, Immortality, Transition, Afterlife“The strongest and the fiercest spirit That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.” John Milton
Satan, Despair, Strength, Rebellion, Fallen Angel
John Milton Satan, Despair, Strength, Rebellion, Fallen Angel“The earth, though in comparison of heaven so small, nor glistering, may of solid good contain more plenty than the sun, that barren shines.” John Milton
Earth, Heaven, Value, Appearance, Substance
John Milton Earth, Heaven, Value, Appearance, Substance“Among unequals what society Can sort, what harmony, or true delight?” John Milton
Equality, Society, Harmony, Relationships, Social Order
John Milton Equality, Society, Harmony, Relationships, Social Order