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John Milton Quotes

«What in me is dark, Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men»
Author: John Milton (Historian, Poet, Scholar) | About: Belief, God, Providence | Keywords: assert, illumine
«Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men; Unless there be who think not God at all»
Author: John Milton (Historian, Poet, Scholar) | Keywords: justifiable
«Consider first, that great or bright infers not excellence»
«In those vernal seasons of the year, when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth»
«A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.»
Author: John Milton (Historian, Poet, Scholar) | Keywords: embalmed
«New Presbyter is but old Priest writ large.»
«Our country is wherever we are well off»
Author: John Milton (Historian, Poet, Scholar) | About: Country | Keywords: well-off
«He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.»
Author: John Milton (Historian, Poet, Scholar) | About: Reading
«Let none admire that riches grow in hell; that soil may best deserve the precious bane.»
«He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon.»