Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

John Milton Quotes: How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!
         

How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!


John Milton
Check all other quotes by John Milton

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"John Milton Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/How-soon-hath-Time-the-subtle-thief-38409>.





Check out


Other quotes of John Milton


Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.

Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.



The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.

The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.



He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.



He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.



Have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern god of sea.

Have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern god of sea.



O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!

O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!



Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair.

Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair.



There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.

There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.



Love Virtue, she alone is free, She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heav'n itself would stoop to her.

Love Virtue, she alone is free, She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heav'n itself would stoop to her.



I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle.

I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle.





Other quotes you may like


Am I a man of great wisdom? Hardly! Even when a simple person brings me a question, my mind goes utterly blank, I just thrash it out until I’ve exhausted every possibility.

Am I a man of great wisdom? Hardly! Even when a simple person brings me a question, my mind goes utterly blank, I just thrash it out until I’ve exhausted every possibility.



At Cisco, we are moving to collaboration teams, groups coming together that represent sales, engineering, finance, legal, etc. And we're training leaders to think across silos.

At Cisco, we are moving to collaboration teams, groups coming together that represent sales, engineering, finance, legal, etc. And we're training leaders to think across silos.



I graduated from high school early so I could move to New York to do 'A Little Night Music' out of the New York City Opera.

I graduated from high school early so I could move to New York to do 'A Little Night Music' out of the New York City Opera.



When you're alone, it's easier," she said a little wistfully. "You can do what you want. You don't have to go home.

When you're alone, it's easier," she said a little wistfully. "You can do what you want. You don't have to go home.



People think about who they are in the stillest hour of the night. I carry this thought, the child's mystery and terror of this thought, I feel this immensity in my soul every second of my life.

People think about who they are in the stillest hour of the night. I carry this thought, the child's mystery and terror of this thought, I feel this immensity in my soul every second of my life.



Only those ideas that are least truly ours can be adequately expressed in words.

Only those ideas that are least truly ours can be adequately expressed in words.



I'm still a fanboy geek. I always will be. In many ways, if my work still resonates with the audience, it's because I'm still writing from the point of view of the fan, so I'm geeked out constantly.

I'm still a fanboy geek. I always will be. In many ways, if my work still resonates with the audience, it's because I'm still writing from the point of view of the fan, so I'm geeked out constantly.



Traveling to Russia and Germany and being able to see the world at a young age was really cool for me, and I really liked that.

Traveling to Russia and Germany and being able to see the world at a young age was really cool for me, and I really liked that.



I was kind of an invisible girl when I was young.

I was kind of an invisible girl when I was young.



We must neither confuse evangelism with doing justice, nor separate them from one another.

We must neither confuse evangelism with doing justice, nor separate them from one another.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!". Author of this quote is John Milton. This quote is about subtle, age, thief, time,.