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Suffering for truth’s sake Is fortitude to highest victory, And to the faithful death the gate of life.

John Milton

Most men admire Virtue who follow not her lore.
JOHN MILTON

Admire Herself Man Virtue
To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.
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Blind Misery
Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam.
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Beam Impossible Sun Touch Truth
The virtuous mind that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, Conscience.
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Conscience Strong Virtue Walk
Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
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Revenge Sweet
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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Bad Handle Hands Liberty Man Virtue
My latest found, Heaven’s last, best gift, my ever new delight!
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Best Delight Gift Heaven
God made thee perfect, not immutable.
JOHN MILTON

God One Liner Perfection
Meanwhile the Adversary of God and man, Satan with thoughts inflamed of highest design, Puts on swift wings, and towards the gates of hell Explores his solitary flight.
JOHN MILTON

Design Devil Fight God Hell Man
The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.
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End God Himself Imitation Knowledge Learning Love
Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them.
JOHN MILTON

Consequence Law Limitation Power Protection
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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God Limitation Man Nature Ourselves Power Reveal Talk Understand Weakness
Hell has no benefits, only torture.
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Benefit Hell One Liner Torture
Solitude is sometimes the best society.
JOHN MILTON

Best One Liner Society Solitude
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 MILTON

Heaven Price Prosperity Temper World Worth
Loneliness is the first thing which God’s eye named not good.
JOHN MILTON

Eyes God Goodness Lonely Name

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