Most men admire Virtue who follow not her lore.
JOHN MILTONMost men admire Virtue who follow not her lore.
JOHN MILTONThere 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.
JOHN MILTONHell has no benefits, only torture.
JOHN MILTONNever can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.
JOHN MILTONAnd live like Nature’s bastards, not her sons.
JOHN MILTONFreely we serve, because freely we love.
JOHN MILTONTo be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.
JOHN MILTONNothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
JOHN MILTONAwake, arise or be for ever fall’n.
JOHN MILTONFor 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.
JOHN MILTONAnarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them.
JOHN MILTONThe childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
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?
JOHN MILTONNor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.
JOHN MILTONWhat is strength without a double share of wisdom?
JOHN MILTONSolitude sometimes is best society.
JOHN MILTON