To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering.
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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The virtuous mind that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, Conscience.
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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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God made thee perfect, not immutable.
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None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.
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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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Where more is meant than meets the ear.
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And feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce.
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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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He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
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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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What is strength without a double share of wisdom?
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He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
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Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.
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Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes, That comes to all.
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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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