Danger will wink on opportunity.
JOHN MILTONDanger will wink on opportunity.
JOHN MILTONHard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.
JOHN MILTONMan hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed.
JOHN MILTONAll is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.
JOHN MILTONHe who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
JOHN MILTONSweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds.
JOHN MILTONAnd feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce.
JOHN MILTONRetiring from the popular noise, I seek This unfrequented place to find some ease.
JOHN MILTONLet us no more contend, nor blame each other, blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten each other’s burden.
JOHN MILTONRevenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
JOHN MILTONEvil on itself shall back recoil.
JOHN MILTONNothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
JOHN MILTONNever can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.
JOHN MILTONWhen 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.
JOHN MILTONThe mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.
JOHN MILTONGod made thee perfect, not immutable.
JOHN MILTON