Better to reign in hell than serve in heav’n.
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?
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Danger will wink on opportunity.
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God made thee perfect, not immutable.
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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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Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.
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The best apology against false accusers is silence.
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My latest found, Heaven’s last, best gift, my ever new delight!
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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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Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.
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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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Neither 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.
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Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.
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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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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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Believe and be confirmed.
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For 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.
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