--- title: "9 Creatures Quotes By John Milton" description: "9 Creatures quotes by John Milton. Plus more from John Milton and more Creatures sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a1/john-milton-191_creatures_oh-shame-to-men-devil-with-devil-damn-d_1835293.png" --- > [Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/oh-shame-to-men-devil-with-devil-damn-d-firm-concord-holds-men-only/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a1/john-milton-191_creatures_oh-shame-to-men-devil-with-devil-damn-d_1835293.png) > [Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/who-kills-a-man-kills-a-reasonable-creature-god-s-image-but-he-who/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/john-milton-191_book_who-kills-a-man-kills-a-reasonable-creat_2541772.png) > [What call thou solitude? Is not the earth with various living creatures, and the air replenished, and all these at thy command…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/what-call-thou-solitude-is-not-the-earth-with-various-living/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/john-milton-191_air_what-call-thou-solitude-is-not-the-earth_2173306.png) > [And yet on the other hand unless warinesse be us'd, as good almost kill a Man as kill a good Book; who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/and-yet-on-the-other-hand-unless-warinesse-be-us-d-as-good-almost/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/john-milton-191_book_and-yet-on-the-other-hand-unless-warines_777186.png) > [O fairest of creation, last and best Of all God's works, creature in whom excelled Whatever can to sight or thought be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/o-fairest-of-creation-last-and-best-of-all-god-s-works-creature-in/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/john-milton-191_amiable_o-fairest-of-creation-last-and-best-of-a_1533854.png) > [Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there; be lowly wise. Think only what concerns thee and thy being;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/heaven-is-for-thee-too-high-to-know-what-passes-there-be-lowly-wise/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/john-milton-191_concern_heaven-is-for-thee-too-high-to-know-what_2105805.png) > [Iris all hues, roses, and jessamine Reared high their flourished heads between, and wrought Mosaic; underfoot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/iris-all-hues-roses-and-jessamine-reared-high-their-flourished-heads/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/john-milton-191_awe_iris-all-hues-roses-and-jessamine-reared_3016825.png) > [These are thy glorious works Parent of Good, Almighty, thine this universal Frame, Thus wondrous fair; thy self how wondrous then! Unspeakable,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/these-are-thy-glorious-works-parent-of-good-almighty-thine-this/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/john-milton-191_almighty_these-are-thy-glorious-works-parent-of-g_3102387.jpg) > [O shame to men! Devil with devil damned Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational, though under hope Of heavenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/o-shame-to-men-devil-with-devil-damned-firm-concord-holds-men-only/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/john-milton-191_accord_o-shame-to-men-devil-with-devil-damned-f_1899140.png) ## Other authors on Creatures ## More by John Milton > [Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/love-quarrels-oft-in-pleasing-concord-end/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [What better can we do than prostrate fall before Him reverent, and there confess humbly our faults, and pardon beg with tears watering the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/what-better-can-we-do-than-prostrate-fall-before-him-reverent-and/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/and-when-night-darkens-the-streets-then-wander-forth-the-sons-of/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/and-re-assembling-our-afflicted-powers-consult-how-we-may-henceforth/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [Yet hold it more humane, more heav'nly, first, By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/yet-hold-it-more-humane-more-heav-nly-first-by-winning-words-to/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still; Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/o-nightingale-that-on-yon-bloomy-spray-warblest-at-eve-when-all-the/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burthensome, still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still receivd, And understood not that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/the-debt-immense-of-endless-gratitude-so-burthensome-still-paying/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be sin to know, Can it be death? And do they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/knowledge-forbidden-suspicious-reasonless-why-should-their-lord-envy/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/there-is-no-truth-sure-enough-to-justify-persecution/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their idle orbs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/these-eyes-tho-clear-to-outward-view-of-blemish-or-of-spot-bereft-of/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [New Presbyter is but Old Priest writ Large.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/new-presbyter-is-but-old-priest-writ-large/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [And what is faith, love, virtue unassayed Alone, without exterior help sustained?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/and-what-is-faith-love-virtue-unassayed-alone-without-exterior-help/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [This is servitude, To serve th'unwise, or him who hath rebelled Against his worthier, as thine now serve thee, Thyself not free, but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/this-is-servitude-to-serve-th-unwise-or-him-who-hath-rebelled-against/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [Let us seek Death, or he not found, supply With our own hands his office on ourselves; Why stand we longer shivering under fears,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/let-us-seek-death-or-he-not-found-supply-with-our-own-hands-his/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) > [They are the troublers, they are the dividers of unity, who neglect and don't permit others to unite those dissevered pieces which are yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/they-are-the-troublers-they-are-the-dividers-of-unity-who-neglect-and/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creatures/john-milton/#itemlist", "name": "9 Creatures Quotes By John Milton", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Milton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/oh-shame-to-men-devil-with-devil-damn-d-firm-concord-holds-men-only/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a1/john-milton-191_creatures_oh-shame-to-men-devil-with-devil-damn-d_1835293.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a1/john-milton-191_creatures_oh-shame-to-men-devil-with-devil-damn-d_1835293.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a1/john-milton-191_creatures_oh-shame-to-men-devil-with-devil-damn-d_1835293.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational.” — John Milton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Milton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/who-kills-a-man-kills-a-reasonable-creature-god-s-image-but-he-who/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/john-milton-191_book_who-kills-a-man-kills-a-reasonable-creat_2541772.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/john-milton-191_book_who-kills-a-man-kills-a-reasonable-creat_2541772.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/127/john-milton-191_book_who-kills-a-man-kills-a-reasonable-creat_2541772.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason…” — John Milton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What call thou solitude? 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