What can 'scape the eye Of God, all-seeing, or deceive His heart. Omniscient!
John Milton
Omniscience, Divine Knowledge, God, Deception, Human Limitation
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“Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good.” John Milton
Loneliness, Divine Judgment, Human Nature, Companionship, Creation
John Milton Loneliness, Divine Judgment, Human Nature, Companionship, Creation“The gay motes that people the sunbeams.” John Milton
Nature, Light, Beauty, Observation, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Nature, Light, Beauty, Observation, Poetic Imagery“Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.” John Milton
Poetry, Nature, Creativity, Mortality, Artistic Process
John Milton Poetry, Nature, Creativity, Mortality, Artistic Process“In argument with men a woman ever Goes by the worse, whatever be her cause.” John Milton
Gender, Argument, Injustice, Society, Inequality
John Milton Gender, Argument, Injustice, Society, Inequality“The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.” John Milton
Wisdom, History, Character, Learning, Self-improvement
John Milton Wisdom, History, Character, Learning, Self-improvement“Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine.” John Milton
Blindness, Loss, Nature, Seasons, Human Experience
John Milton Blindness, Loss, Nature, Seasons, Human Experience“It was the winter wild, While the Heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies.” John Milton
Nativity, Winter, Jesus, Humility, Christianity
John Milton Nativity, Winter, Jesus, Humility, Christianity“Who can in reason then or right assume monarchy over such as live by right his equals, if in power or splendor less, in freedom equal?” John Milton
Equality, Monarchy, Freedom, Justice, Political Philosophy
John Milton Equality, Monarchy, Freedom, Justice, Political Philosophy“O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!” John Milton
Darkness, Despair, Blindness, Hopelessness, Personal Lament
John Milton Darkness, Despair, Blindness, Hopelessness, Personal Lament“Now conscience wakes despair That slumber'd,-wakes the bitter memory Of what he was, what is, and what must be Worse.” John Milton
Conscience, Despair, Memory, Regret, Moral Awakening
John Milton Conscience, Despair, Memory, Regret, Moral Awakening“Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.” John Milton
Athens, Culture, Arts, Eloquence, Civilization
John Milton Athens, Culture, Arts, Eloquence, Civilization“Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds.” John Milton
Morning, Nature, Beauty, Birdsong, Sensory Experience
John Milton Morning, Nature, Beauty, Birdsong, Sensory Experience“Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation.” John Milton
Creation, Architecture, Nature, Imagery, Sudden Appearance
John Milton Creation, Architecture, Nature, Imagery, Sudden Appearance“This horror will grow mild, this darkness light.” John Milton
Hope, Transformation, Adversity, Light And Darkness, Optimism
John Milton Hope, Transformation, Adversity, Light And Darkness, Optimism“The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.” John Milton
Mind, Perception, Reality, Heaven, Hell
John Milton Mind, Perception, Reality, Heaven, Hell“Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?” John Milton
Divine Inspiration, Mortal Limitation, Enchantment, Beauty, Transcendence
John Milton Divine Inspiration, Mortal Limitation, Enchantment, Beauty, Transcendence“In those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth.” John Milton
Nature, Spring, Appreciation, Joy, Harmony
John Milton Nature, Spring, Appreciation, Joy, Harmony“No war or battle sound was heard the world around.” John Milton
Peace, Silence, Utopia, Global Harmony, Ideal World
John Milton Peace, Silence, Utopia, Global Harmony, Ideal World