John Milton’s Quotes On Topics
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More John Milton Quotes
“The childhood shows the man As morning shows the day. Be famous then By wisdom; as thy empire must extend, So let extend thy mind o'er all the world.”
John Milton
Childhood, Potential, Wisdom, Ambition, Personal Growth
John Milton Childhood, Potential, Wisdom, Ambition, Personal Growth“Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not inthralled; Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory.” John Milton
Virtue, Resilience, Adversity, Triumph, Moral Strength
John Milton Virtue, Resilience, Adversity, Triumph, Moral Strength“For men to tell how human life began Is hard; for who himself beginning knew?” John Milton
Origin, Life, Knowledge, Mystery, Human Limitation
John Milton Origin, Life, Knowledge, Mystery, Human Limitation“The rising world of waters dark and deep.” John Milton
Creation, Chaos, Depth, Primordial Waters, Biblical Allusion
John Milton Creation, Chaos, Depth, Primordial Waters, Biblical Allusion“In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat bread, Till thou return unto the ground; for thou Out of the ground wast taken; know thy birth, For dust thou art, and shalt to dust return.” John Milton
Labor, Mortality, Human Condition, Biblical Allusion, Life Cycle
John Milton Labor, Mortality, Human Condition, Biblical Allusion, Life Cycle“Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe.” John Milton
Joy, Laughter, Dance, Carefree, Youthful Spirit
John Milton Joy, Laughter, Dance, Carefree, Youthful Spirit“Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.” John Milton
Love, Reconciliation, Relationships, Harmony, Human Nature
John Milton Love, Reconciliation, Relationships, Harmony, Human Nature“Let none admire that riches grow in hell; that soil may best deserve the precious bane.” John Milton
Hell, Wealth, Corruption, Evil, Moral Warning
John Milton Hell, Wealth, Corruption, Evil, Moral Warning“A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars, – as stars to thee appear Seen in the galaxy, that milky way Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest Powder'd with stars.” John Milton
Celestial Imagery, Cosmic Beauty, Starry Sky, Heavenly Path, Divine Realm
John Milton Celestial Imagery, Cosmic Beauty, Starry Sky, Heavenly Path, Divine Realm“To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n.” John Milton
Ambition, Hell, Heaven, Pride, Power
John Milton Ambition, Hell, Heaven, Pride, Power“The gay motes that people the sunbeams.” John Milton
Nature, Light, Beauty, Observation, Poetic Imagery
John Milton Nature, Light, Beauty, Observation, Poetic Imagery“Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.” John Milton
Wisdom, Philosophy, Vanity, Skepticism, Human Knowledge
John Milton Wisdom, Philosophy, Vanity, Skepticism, Human Knowledge“Virtue that wavers is not virtue.” John Milton
Virtue, Constancy, Moral Strength, Integrity, Character
John Milton Virtue, Constancy, Moral Strength, Integrity, Character“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“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“I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat.” John Milton
Virtue, Challenge, Moral Strength, Experience, Life Struggle
John Milton Virtue, Challenge, Moral Strength, Experience, Life Struggle“See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds, With joy and love triumphing.” John Milton
Golden Age, Virtue, Joy, Love, Triumph
John Milton Golden Age, Virtue, Joy, Love, Triumph“Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.” John Milton
Revenge, Victory, Consolation, Conflict, Human Desire
John Milton Revenge, Victory, Consolation, Conflict, Human Desire