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John Milton Quotes: "So he with difficulty and labour hard Mov'd on, with difficulty and labour he."

So he with difficulty and labour hard Mov'd on, with difficulty and labour he.



John Milton Quotes: "Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold."

Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.




John Milton Quotes: "The best apology against false accusers is silence."

The best apology against false accusers is silence.



John Milton Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Confusion worse confounded."

With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Confusion worse confounded.



John Milton Quotes: "On the tawny sands and shelves trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves."

On the tawny sands and shelves trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.



John Milton Quotes: "To live a life half dead, a living death."

To live a life half dead, a living death.




John Milton Quotes: "Swinish gluttony never looks to heaven amidst its gorgeous feast; but with besotted, base ingratitude, cravens and blasphemes his feeder."

Swinish gluttony never looks to heaven amidst its gorgeous feast; but with besotted, base ingratitude, cravens and blasphemes his feeder.



John Milton Quotes: "For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone."

For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone.



John Milton Quotes: "Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye."

Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye.



John Milton Quotes: "Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose."

Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose.



John Milton Quotes: "And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry, Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream."

And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry, Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.




John Milton Quotes: "Morn, Wak'd by the circling hours, with rosy hand Unbarr'd the gates of light."

Morn, Wak'd by the circling hours, with rosy hand Unbarr'd the gates of light.



John Milton Quotes: "Solitude is sometimes the best society."

Solitude is sometimes the best society.



John Milton Quotes: "Hence, loathèd Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born, In Stygian cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy."

Hence, loathèd Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born, In Stygian cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy.



John Milton Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way."

The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.



John Milton Quotes: "And I will place within them as a guide My umpire conscience, whom if they will hear Light after light well used they shall attain, And to the end persisting, safe arrive."

And I will place within them as a guide My umpire conscience, whom if they will hear Light after light well used they shall attain, And to the end persisting, safe arrive.



John Milton Quotes: "It is Chastity, my brother. She that has that is clad in complete steel."

It is Chastity, my brother. She that has that is clad in complete steel.



John Milton Quotes: "Biochemically, love is just like eating large amounts of chocolate."

Biochemically, love is just like eating large amounts of chocolate.



John Milton Quotes: "Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam."

Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam.



John Milton Quotes: "Most men admire Virtue who follow not her lore."

Most men admire Virtue who follow not her lore.



John Milton Quotes: "Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie."

Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie.



John Milton Quotes: "Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven."

Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.



John Milton Quotes: "Implied Subjection, but requir'd with gentle sway, And by her yielded, by him best receiv'd,- Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet, reluctant, amorous delay."

Implied Subjection, but requir'd with gentle sway, And by her yielded, by him best receiv'd,- Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet, reluctant, amorous delay.



John Milton Quotes: "And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine."

And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.



John Milton Quotes: "The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave."

The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.



John Milton Quotes: "So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse Met ever, and to shameful silence brought, Yet gives not o'er though desperate of success."

So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse Met ever, and to shameful silence brought, Yet gives not o'er though desperate of success.



John Milton Quotes: "And now without redemption all mankind Must have been lost, adjudged to death and hell By doom severe."

And now without redemption all mankind Must have been lost, adjudged to death and hell By doom severe.



John Milton Quotes: "The martyrs shook the powers of darkness with the irresistible power of weakness."

The martyrs shook the powers of darkness with the irresistible power of weakness.



John Milton Quotes: "What better can we do than prostrate fall before Him reverent, and there confess humbly our faults, and pardon beg with tears watering the ground?"

What better can we do than prostrate fall before Him reverent, and there confess humbly our faults, and pardon beg with tears watering the ground?



John Milton Quotes: "I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words."

I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.



John Milton Quotes: "Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them."

Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them.



John Milton Quotes: "If it come to prohibiting, there is aught more likely to be prohibited than truth itself."

If it come to prohibiting, there is aught more likely to be prohibited than truth itself.



John Milton Quotes: "From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,- A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropp'd from the Zenith like a falling star."

From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,- A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropp'd from the Zenith like a falling star.



John Milton Quotes: "And grace that won who saw to wish her stay."

And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.



John Milton Quotes: "Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung."

Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung.



John Milton Quotes: "Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest."

Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest.



John Milton Quotes: "A limbo large and broad, since call'd The Paradise of Fools to few unknown."

A limbo large and broad, since call'd The Paradise of Fools to few unknown.



John Milton Quotes: "All hope is lost of my reception into grace; what worse? For where no hope is left, is left no fear."

All hope is lost of my reception into grace; what worse? For where no hope is left, is left no fear.



John Milton Quotes: "To adore the conqueror, who now beholds Cherub and seraph rolling in the flood."

To adore the conqueror, who now beholds Cherub and seraph rolling in the flood.



John Milton Quotes: "Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings."

Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.



John Milton Quotes: "The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape."

The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape.



John Milton Quotes: "No date prefixed directs me in the starry rubric set."

No date prefixed directs me in the starry rubric set.



John Milton Quotes: "Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear"

Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear



John Milton Quotes: "Wickedness is weakness."

Wickedness is weakness.



John Milton Quotes: "In God's intention, a meet and happy conversation is the chiefest and noblest end of marriage."

In God's intention, a meet and happy conversation is the chiefest and noblest end of marriage.



John Milton Quotes: "Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe That all was lost."

Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe That all was lost.



John Milton Quotes: "But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, 4 to perplex and dash Maturest counsels."

But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, 4 to perplex and dash Maturest counsels.