Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.
JOHN MILTON
The best apology against false accusers is silence.
More John Milton Quotes
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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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Where more is meant than meets the ear.
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This is servitude, To serve the unwise.
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God made thee perfect, not immutable.
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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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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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Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
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The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
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Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.
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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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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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