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?
JOHN MILTONThe childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
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Better to reign in hell than serve in heav’n.
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Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes, That comes to all.
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Solitude is sometimes the best society.
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Freely we serve, because freely we love.
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Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed.
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Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds.
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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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The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
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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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Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.
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Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.
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He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
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Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.
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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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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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