Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible.
John Milton
Hell, Darkness, Paradox, Spiritual State, Imagery
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“Virtue that wavers is not virtue.” John Milton
Virtue, Constancy, Moral Strength, Integrity, Character
John Milton Virtue, Constancy, Moral Strength, Integrity, Character“What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. 1 Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 22.” John Milton
Divine Inspiration, Enlightenment, Providence, Poetry, Spiritual Quest
John Milton Divine Inspiration, Enlightenment, Providence, Poetry, Spiritual Quest“Awake, arise or be for ever fall'n.” John Milton
Awakening, Action, Choice, Consequences, Moral Exhortation
John Milton Awakening, Action, Choice, Consequences, Moral Exhortation“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“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“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“These two imparadised in one another's arms, the happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill of bliss on bliss.” John Milton
Love, Paradise, Happiness, Relationship, Bliss
John Milton Love, Paradise, Happiness, Relationship, Bliss“No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.” John Milton
Freedom, Human Rights, Equality, Natural Law, Political Philosophy
John Milton Freedom, Human Rights, Equality, Natural Law, Political Philosophy“The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.” John Milton
Learning, God, Knowledge, Love, Spiritual Growth
John Milton Learning, God, Knowledge, Love, Spiritual Growth“The Tree of Knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of Good bought dear by knowing ill.” John Milton
Knowledge, Good And Evil, Temptation, Wisdom, Biblical Allusion
John Milton Knowledge, Good And Evil, Temptation, Wisdom, Biblical Allusion“Time, though in Eternity, applied To motion, measures all things durable By present, past, and future.” John Milton
Time, Eternity, Measurement, Existence, Cosmic Order
John Milton Time, Eternity, Measurement, Existence, Cosmic Order“He touch'd the tender stops of various quills, With eager thought warbling his Doric lay.” John Milton
Music, Poetry, Creativity, Expression, Artistic Skill
John Milton Music, Poetry, Creativity, Expression, Artistic Skill“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“Who knows not Circe, The daughter of the Sun, whose charmed cup Whoever tasted, lost his upright shape, And downward fell into a groveling swine?” John Milton
Mythology, Temptation, Transformation, Magic, Human Nature
John Milton Mythology, Temptation, Transformation, Magic, Human Nature“Beyond is all abyss, eternity, whose end no eye can reach.” John Milton
Eternity, Infinity, Mystery, Cosmic Scale, Human Limitation
John Milton Eternity, Infinity, Mystery, Cosmic Scale, Human Limitation“True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.” John Milton
Greed, Modesty, Wealth, Virtue, Social Commentary
John Milton Greed, Modesty, Wealth, Virtue, Social Commentary“Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.” John Milton
Words, Healing, Comfort, Mental Health, Communication
John Milton Words, Healing, Comfort, Mental Health, Communication