John Milton Quotes

And live like Nature's bastards, not her sons.

Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.

Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good.

God made thee perfect, not immutable.

Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.

Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.

To live a life half dead, a living death.

The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.

Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.

The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.

Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.

Luck is the residue of design.

I will not allow my daughters to learn foreign languages because one tongue is sufficient for a woman.

The great creator from his work returned Magnificent, his six days' work, a world.

Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to the possessor.

Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.

Goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems.

Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.

The best apology against false accusers is silence.

Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.

Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.

Solitude sometimes is best society.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.

You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It's all in the mind.

Where no hope is left, is left no fear.

The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.

Contemplation is wisdom's best nurse.

Necessity and chance Approach not me, and what I will is fate.

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.