To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering.
JOHN MILTONBetter to reign in hell than serve in heav’n.
More John Milton Quotes
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Believe and be confirmed.
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Consider first, that great or bright infers not excellence.
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When 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.
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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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Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam.
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Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.
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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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Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
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Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed.
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Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes, That comes to all.
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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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Freely we serve, because freely we love.
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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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Loneliness is the first thing which God’s eye named not good.
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