This is servitude, To serve the unwise.
JOHN MILTON
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John MiltonJohn Milton Gratitude bestows reverence…..changing forever how we experience life and the world.
John MiltonJohn Milton Neither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit, and a vain hatred of the rest of the world.
John MiltonJohn Milton God made thee perfect, not immutable.
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John MiltonJohn Milton 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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Poetry is a religion without hope. The poet exhausts himself in its service, knowing that, in the long run, a masterpiece is nothing but the performance of a trained dog on very shaky ground.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.
Ignatius of LoyolaIgnatius of Loyola The secret to greatness is in serving everyone else.
Myles MunroeMyles Munroe When you discover your gift and authority, that gift attracts people. When people come to you, they are not really coming to you for you but for the gift and the vision that you are serving the humanity of your generation with.
Myles MunroeMyles Munroe The knowledge which we have acquired ought not to resemble a great shop without order, and without an inventory; we ought to know what we possess, and be able to make it serve us in need.
Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz A woman’s dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.
Sophia LorenSophia Loren Unless a piece really said something, I had no interest in it. I have got to know that I have served some purpose here.
Cicely TysonCicely Tyson If I really believe all lives have equal value, and if I use contraceptives, which I do, and if I’m counselling my son and my two daughters to use them, how am I not serving the women who don’t have access to the contraceptives they need?
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