John Milton Quotes

For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy the only evil that walks invisible.

Oftentimes nothing profits more than self-esteem grounded on what is just and right and well-managed.

Yet not so strictly hath our Lord impos'd /Labor, as to debar when we need /Refreshment, whether food, or talk between,/ food of the mind, or this sweet intercourse/Of looks and smiles, for smiles fro...

So many laws argue so many sins.

Since good the more Communicated more abundant grows.

Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie.

The childhood shows the man As morning shows the day.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

Time is the subtle thief of youth.

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.

Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.

All is best, though we oft doubt, what the unsearchable dispose, of highest wisdom brings about.

Accuse not Nature she hath done her part Do thou but thine!

Freely we serveBecause we freely love, as in our willTo love or not; in this we stand or fall.

Servant of God well done.

Flowers of all hue and without thorn the rose.

Reason is also choice.

I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.

The goal of all learning is to repair the ruin of our first parents.

But say I could repent and could obtaineBy Act of Grace my former state: how soonwould higth recal high thoughts; how soon unsaywhat feign'd submission swore: ease would recantvows made in pain, as vi...