The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.
JOHN MILTONAs therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of good and evil?
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Most men admire Virtue who follow not her lore.
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The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
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Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.
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He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
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And live like Nature’s bastards, not her sons.
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Better to reign in hell than serve in heav’n.
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This is servitude, To serve the unwise.
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Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.
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Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
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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.
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He that hath light within their own breast, may sit in the centre and enjoy bright day.
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Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds.
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Suffering for truth’s sake Is fortitude to highest victory, And to the faithful death the gate of life.
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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.
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Consider first, that great or bright infers not excellence.
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