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John Milton Quotes

John Milton quotes

English Poet December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674

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John Milton quote: "God does not need man nor his won works."
God does not need man nor his won works. John Milton
Though all winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple, who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter. John Milton
John Milton quote: "Thou art my father, thou my author, thou my being gav'st me;..."
Thou art my father, thou my author, thou my being gav'st me; whom should I obey but thee, whom follow? John Milton
Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung. John Milton
A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames. No light; but rather darkness visible. Served only to discover sights of wo? John Milton
Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit/Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste/Brought death into the world, and all our woe,/With loss of Eden, till one greater Man/Restore us, and regain the blissful seat,/Sing heavenly muse John Milton
John Milton quote: "Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant..."
Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk. John Milton
John Milton quote: "And looks commercing with the skies, Thy rapt soul sitting in..."
And looks commercing with the skies, Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes. John Milton
Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong naming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition ; there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms. John Milton
John Milton quote: "O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably..."
O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse. Without all hope of day! John Milton
John Milton quote: "From his lips/Not words alone pleased her."
From his lips/Not words alone pleased her. John Milton
How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfet raigns. John Milton
John Milton quote: "Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their..."
Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be a sin to know? Can it be death? John Milton
By proof we feel. Our power sufficient to disturb his Heav'n, And with perpetual inrodes to alarm, Though inaccessible, his fatal Throne: Which if not Victory is yet Revenge. John Milton
But to guide nations in the way of Truth. By saving Doctrine, and from error lead. To know, and knowing worship God aright, Is yet more knightly, this attracts the Soul, Governs the inner man, the nobler part, That other o'er the body only reigns, And oft by force, which to a generous mindso reigning can be no sincere delight. John Milton

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