John Milton Quotes

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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.

  John Milton

  Happiness, Inspiring, Attitude

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

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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.

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  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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• The best apology against false accusers is silence.

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

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  Love, Inspirational, Knowledge

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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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• Every cloud has a silver lining.

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  Inspirational, Clouds, Billiards

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  Where no hope is left, is left no fear.

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  Inspirational, Hope, Fear

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

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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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• Assuredly we bring not innocence not the world, we bring impurity much rather: that which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary.

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  Trials, World, Innocence

  'Areopagitica' (1644) p. 12

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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.

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  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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• Hope allows us to bid farewell to fear.

  John Milton

  Farewell

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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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• 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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• 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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• Immediate are the acts of God, more swift than time or motion.

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  Omnipotence

  John Milton (1826). “Protestant Union: A Treatise of True Religion, Heresy, Schism, Toleration, and what Best Means May be Used Against the Spread of Popery ; to which is Prefixed a Preface on Milton's Religious Principals, and Unimpeachable Sincerity”, p.49

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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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• Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.

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  Death, War, Paradise

  Paradise Lost bk. 1, l. 263 (1667)

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• The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.

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  Time, Morning, Children

  Paradise Regained bk. 4, l. 220 (1671) SeeWilliamWordsworth 12

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• Contemplation is wisdom's best nurse.

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  Nurse, Contemplation

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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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