John Milton

32 quotes

"How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!"

John Milton

"Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor."

John Milton

"Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do."

John Milton

"I am a part of all that I have met."

John Milton

"Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part;<BR>Do thou but thine."

John Milton

"If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectfy manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man."

John Milton

"If weakness may excuse, What Murderer, what Traitor, Parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it? All Wickedness is Weakness: That plea therefore With God or Man will gain thee no Remission."

John Milton

"Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep."

John Milton

"Some say no evil thing that walks by night,<BR>In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen,<BR>Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost<BR>That breaks his magic chains at curfew time,<BR>No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine,<BR>Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.<BR>"

John Milton

"Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe."

John Milton

"None can love freedom heartily but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license."

John Milton

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

John Milton

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

John Milton

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

John Milton

"For solitude is sometimes best society,<BR>And short retirement urges sweet return."

John Milton

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

John Milton

"For solitude is sometimes best society,<BR>And short retirement urges sweet return."

John Milton

"I am a part of all that I have met."

John Milton

"Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do."

John Milton

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

John Milton

"Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part;<BR>Do thou but thine."

John Milton

"Some say no evil thing that walks by night,<BR>In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen,<BR>Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost<BR>That breaks his magic chains at curfew time,<BR>No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine,<BR>Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.<BR>"

John Milton

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

John Milton

"Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep."

John Milton

"None can love freedom heartily but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license."

John Milton