Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.
JOHN MILTONMeanwhile 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.
More John Milton Quotes
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Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
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Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
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There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.
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The virtuous mind that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, Conscience.
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Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed.
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There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.
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Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
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And feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce.
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The martyrs shook the powers of darkness with the irresistible power of weakness.
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My latest found, Heaven’s last, best gift, my ever new delight!
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Freely we serve, because freely we love.
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The best apology against false accusers is silence.
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Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam.
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Solitude sometimes is best society.
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Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes, That comes to all.
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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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All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.
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The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.
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Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
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Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.
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Let 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.
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No institution which does not continually test its ideals, techniques and measure of accomplishment can claim real vitality.
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The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
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As 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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Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.
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Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them.
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