Better to reign in hell than serve in heav’n.
JOHN MILTONNeither 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.
More John Milton Quotes
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A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.
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Where no hope is left, is left no fear.
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Solitude is sometimes the best society.
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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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He that hath light within their own breast, may sit in the centre and enjoy bright day.
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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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My latest found, Heaven’s last, best gift, my ever new delight!
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Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.
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And live like Nature’s bastards, not her sons.
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The martyrs shook the powers of darkness with the irresistible power of weakness.
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You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It’s all in the mind.
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He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
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The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
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Hell has no benefits, only torture.
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Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.
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