John Milton Quotes
"Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self."
- John Milton
(Related: God, Man, Reason, Self)
"When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for."
- John Milton
(Related: Men, Complaints, Liberty)
"Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk."
- John Milton
(Related: Virtue, Light, Moon, Sea, Sun)
"Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth."
- John Milton
(Related: Truth, World)
"True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves."
- John Milton
(Related: Covetousness, Modesty)
"Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness."
- John Milton
(Related: Covetousness, Man, Treasure)
"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
(Related: Character, Deeds, Man, Order, Past, sayings)
"The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller."
- John Milton
(Related: Nature, Heaven, Light, Lonely, Oil, Stars)
"The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven."
- John Milton
(Related: Heaven, Hell, Mind)
"Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right."
- John Milton
(Related: Nothing, Right, Self)
"None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence."
- John Milton
(Related: Love, Men, Freedom, Rest)
"No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free."
- John Milton
(Related: Men, Man)
"Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe."
- John Milton
(Related: Force)
"Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live."
- John Milton
(Related: EnglForget, Nations, Teaching)
"To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable."
- John Milton
(Related: Blind, Blindness)
"He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well."
- John Milton
(Related: Revenge, Wounds)
"He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon."
- John Milton
(Related: Soul, Thoughts, Light, May, Sun)
"Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world."
- John Milton
(Related: Change, Experience, Life, Gratitude, Moments, World)
"Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties."
- John Milton
(Related: Conscience, Liberty)
"For what can war, but endless war, still breed?"
- John Milton
(Related: War)
"Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself."
- John Milton
(Related: Books, Deep)
"Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity."
- John Milton
(Related: Death, Eternity, Key)
"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
(Related: Confusion, Darkness, Disorder, Light, Voice)
"Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven."
- John Milton
(Related: Heaven, Hell)
"Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship."
- John Milton
(Related: Beauty, Nature, May, Wonder)
"A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit."
- John Milton
(Related: Spirit)
"Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end."
- John Milton
(Related: Love, End)
"They also serve who only stand and wait."
- John Milton