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 MILTONWhere no hope is left, is left no fear.
More John Milton Quotes
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Danger will wink on opportunity.
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Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.
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Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds.
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Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.
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And live like Nature’s bastards, not her sons.
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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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Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.
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When we speak of knowing God, it must be understood with reference to man’s limited powers of comprehension. God, as He really is, is far beyond man’s imagination, let alone understanding. God has revealed only so much of Himself as our minds can conceive and the weakness of our nature can bear.
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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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Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
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None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.
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Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.
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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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Freely we serve, because freely we love.
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Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.
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