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.
JOHN MILTONTruth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam.
More John Milton Quotes
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Suffering for truth’s sake Is fortitude to highest victory, And to the faithful death the gate of life.
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To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering.
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To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.
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Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.
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Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
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Evil on itself shall back recoil.
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Most men admire Virtue who follow not her lore.
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Retiring from the popular noise, I seek This unfrequented place to find some ease.
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What is strength without a double share of wisdom?
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Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.
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None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.
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Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
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Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds.
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Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
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Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.
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