John Milton Quotes

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  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

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  "Gratitude in Grief: Finding Daily Joy and a Life of Purpose Following the Death of My Son" by Kelly S. Buckley, (p. 133), 2010.

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

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  John Milton, Elijah Fenton (1859). “The complete poetical works of John Milton: together with a life of the author”

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• The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.

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  Happiness, Inspiring, Attitude

  Paradise Lost bk. 1, l. 254 (1667)

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• The best apology against false accusers is silence.

  John Milton

  Apology, Silence, Accusers

  John Milton, James Augustus St. John, Charles Richard Sumner (1872). “The Prose Works of John Milton ...: With a Preface, Preliminary Remarks, and Notes”, p.97

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

  John Milton

  Love, Inspirational, Knowledge

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• 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.

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  Strong, Heart, Men

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  Solitude sometimes is best society.

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  Solitude, Companionship, Sometimes

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 9, l. 249

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  Where no hope is left, is left no fear.

  John Milton

  Inspirational, Hope, Fear

  John Milton (1851). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.387

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• Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.

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  Truth, Way, Walks

  John Milton (1824). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Principally from the Edition of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster, and Thomas Warton, to which is Prefixed, Newton's Life of Milton”, p.52

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• When we speak of knowing God, it must be understood with reference to man's limited powers of comprehension. God, as He really is, is far beyond man's imagination, let alone understanding. God has revealed only so much of Himself as our minds can conceive and the weakness of our nature can bear.

  John Milton

  Encouraging, Encouragement, Knowing

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• For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands.

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  Men, Hands, Liberty

  John Milton (1851). “The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Biographical Introduction”, p.245

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• Every cloud has a silver lining.

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  Inspirational, Clouds, Billiards

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• None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.

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  Love, Freedom, Men

  The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649)

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• Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.

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  Darkness, Innocence, Lost

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• This is servitude, To serve the unwise.

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  Unwise, Servitude

  John Milton, David Masson (1874). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.277

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• A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

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  Book, Reading, Spirit

  'Areopagitica' (1644) p. 4

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• You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It's all in the mind.

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  Inspirational, Heaven, Mind

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• Fame is the last infirmity of the human mind.

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  Mind, Lasts, Recognition

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• Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good.

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  Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone

  John Milton (2009). “The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton”, p.997, Modern Library

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• Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.

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  Sympathy, Condolences, Power

  John Milton (2012). “Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and the Complete Shorter Poems”, p.335, Modern Library

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• Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.

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  Power, Light, Long

  Paradise Lost bk. 2, l. 432 (1667)

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• The whole freedom of man consists either in spiritual or civil liberty.

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  Spiritual, Freedom, Men

  John Milton, James Augustus St. John (1871). “The Prose Works of John Milton ...: With a Preface, Preliminary Remarks, and Notes”, p.133

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• Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.

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  Spiritual, Communication, Goodness

  John Milton (1758). “Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained...”, p.147

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• Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.

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  Freedom, Giving, Liberty

  'Areopagitica' (1644) p. 34

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• Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

  John Milton

  Inspirational, Self Esteem, Self Respect

  John Milton, “Paradise Lost: Book 08”

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