| 254 Famous Quotes by John Milton
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“Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them”
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“'Tis Chastity, my brother, Chastity: She that has that, is clad in complete steel”
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“Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!”
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“The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.”
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“Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Lycidas (l. 70)
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“Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 648)
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“A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights
To him who wears the regal diadem.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Paradise Regained (bk. II, l. 458)
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“What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Samson Agonistes (l. 560)
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“He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Samson Agonistes (l. 560)
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“Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought
The better fight.”
Christianity Quotes Source: Paradise Lost (bk. VI, l. 29)
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“When thou attended gloriously from heaven,
Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send
Thy summoning archangels to proclaim
Thy dread tribunal.”
Judgment Quotes Source: Paradise Lost (bk. III, l. 323)
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“And, weaponless himself,
Made arms ridiculous.”
Strength Quotes Source: Samson Agonistes (l. 130)
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“What does not destroy me, makes me strong.”
Strength Quotes Source: Samson Agonistes (l. 130)
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“He that has light within his own clear breast
May sit i' 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.”
Conscience Quotes Source: Comus (l. 381)
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“Now conscience wakes despair
That slumber'd, wakes the bitter memory
Of what he was, what is, and what must be
Worse; of worse deeds worse sufferings must ensue!”
Conscience Quotes Source: Paradise Lost (bk. IV, l. 23)
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“O Conscience, into what abyss of fears
And horrors hast thou driven me, out of which
I find no way, from deep to deeper plunged.”
Conscience Quotes Source: Paradise Lost (bk. X, l. 842)
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“Let his tormentor conscience find him out.”
Conscience Quotes Source: Paradise Regained (bk. IV, l. 130)
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“When the scourge
Inexorable, and the torturing hour
Calls us to penance.”
Repentance Quotes Source: Paradise Lost (bk. II, l. 90)
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“Thou, in our wonder and astonishment
Hast built thyself a life-long monument.”
Monuments Quotes Source: Epitaph--On Shakespeare
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“Thus I set my printless feet
O'er the cowslip's velvet head,
That bends not as I tread.”
Cowslips Quotes Source: Comus--Song
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“Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire,
And airy tongues that syllable men's names.”
Apparitions Quotes Source: Comus (l. 207)
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“For spirits when they please
Can either sex assume, or both.”
Apparitions Quotes Source: Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 423)
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“Whence and what are thou, execrable shape?”
Apparitions Quotes Source: Paradise Lost (bk. II, l. 681)
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“All heart they live, all head, all eye, all ear,
All intellect, all sense, and as they please
They limb themselves, and colour, shape, or size,
Assume, as likes them best, condense or rare.”
Apparitions Quotes Source: Paradise Lost (bk. VI, l. 350)
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“'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity;
She that has that is clad in complete steel,
And, like a quiver'd nymph with arrows keen,
May trace huge forests, and unharbour'd heaths,
Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds;
Where, through the sacred rays of chastity,
No savage fierce, bandite, or mountaineer,
Will dare to soil her virgin purity.”
Chastity Quotes Source: Comus (l. 420)
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