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• Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.

  John Milton

  Life, Peace, War

  "To the Lord General Cromwell" l. 10 (written 1652)

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• Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.

  John Milton

  Running, Time, Age

  'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity: The Hymn' (1645) st. 14

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• Such joy ambition finds.

  John Milton

  Ambition, Joy

  1665 Satan. Paradise Lost (published 1667), bk.4, l.91-2.

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• To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering.

  John Milton

  Suffering, Weakness, Miserable

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 157

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• Danger will wink on opportunity.

  John Milton

  Opportunity, Danger

  John Milton (1839). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”

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• The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.

  John Milton

  Perfection, Parent, Grace

  John Milton (2013). “The Collected Prose Works of John Milton (Annotated Edition)”, p.318, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.

  John Milton

  Powerful, Military, War

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 648

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• The martyrs shook the powers of darkness with the irresistible power of weakness.

  John Milton

  Darkness, Weakness, Martyr

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• Promiscuous reading is necessary to the constituting of human nature. The attempt to keep out evil doctrine by licensing is like the exploit of that gallant man who thought to keep out the crows by shutting the park gate.

  John Milton

  Reading, Men, Evil

  1644 Areopagitica: a speech for the liberty of unlicensed printing.

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• Believe and be confirmed.

  John Milton

  Believe, Confirmation

  JOHN MILTON (2008). “Paradise Lost (EasyRead Large Bold Edition)”, p.333, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Retiring from the popular noise, I seek
  This unfrequented place to find some ease.

  John Milton

  Retirement, Ease, Noise

  John Milton, Henry John Todd (1809). “The Poetical Works of John Milton,: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton,”, p.172

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• Solitude is sometimes best society.

  John Milton

  Solitude, Sometimes

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• Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil.

  John Milton

  Soil, Fame, Plant

  'Lycidas' (1638) l. 78

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• Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day.

  John Milton

  Eye, Liquid, Notes

  John Milton, Henry John Todd (1809). “The Poetical Works of John Milton,: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton,”, p.446

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• Fear of change perplexes monarchs.

  John Milton

  Change, Fear, Fear Of Change

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 594

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• That power Which erring men call Chance.

  John Milton

  Men, Erring, Chance

  'Comus' (1637) l. 586

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• He that hath light within their own breast, may sit in the centre and enjoy bright day.

  John Milton

  Light, May, Enjoy

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• All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.

  John Milton

  Courage, Revenge, Hate

  Paradise Lost bk. 1, l. 105 (1667)

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• For what can war, but endless war, still breed?

  John Milton

  War, Endless, Stills

  'On the Lord General Fairfax at the Siege of Colchester' (written 1648, published 1694)

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• Wealth and honours, which most men pursue, easily change masters; they desert to the side which excels in virtue, industry, and endurance of toil, and they abandon the slothful.

  John Milton

  Men, Endurance, Sides

  John Milton (2003). “The Major Works”, p.327, Oxford University Press, USA

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• 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

  May, Wonder, Solemnity

  'Comus' (1637) l. 745

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• Infinity is a dark illimitable ocean, without bound.

  John Milton

  Ocean, Dark, Infinity

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• Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam.

  John Milton

  Inspirational, Truth, Impossible

  John Milton, James Augustus St. John, Charles Richard Sumner (1872). “The Prose Works of John Milton ...: With a Preface, Preliminary Remarks, and Notes”, p.173

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• But pain is perfect misery, the worst Of evils, and excessive, overturns All patience.

  John Milton

  Patience, Pain, Evil

  1665 Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.6, l.461-3.

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• The virtuous mind that ever walks attended
  By a strong siding champion, Conscience.

  John Milton

  Strong, Champion, Mind

  1634 Comus, A Mask, l.209-11.

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