86 Quotations by John Milton
- 1. 'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity. She that has that is clad in complete steel, and like a quivere ...
- 2. A crown, golden in show is but a wreath of thorns.
- 3. A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a ...
- 4. A man may be a heretic in the truth; and if he believes things only because his pastor says so, or t ...
- 5. A short retirement urges a sweet return.
- 6. Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part; Do thou but thine
- 7. Adam inquires concerning celestial motions, is doubtfully answered, and exhorted to search rather th ...
- 8. And when night, darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons of Belial, flown with insolence and ...
- 9. And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.
- 10. As good almost kill a man as kill a good book; who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's im ...
- 11. Awake, arise, or be forever fall'n.
- 12. Better reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
- 13. Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.
- 14. Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do.
- 15. Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a certain potency of life in them, to be as act ...
- 16. Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
- 17. Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flo ...
- 18. Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.
- 19. Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.
- 20. Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil.
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