--- title: "10 Gates Quotes By John Milton" description: "10 Gates quotes by John Milton. Plus more from John Milton and more Gates sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/john-milton-191_boots_what-boots-it-at-one-gate-to-make-defenc_1238150.png" --- > [What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/what-boots-it-at-one-gate-to-make-defence-and-at-another-to-let-in/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/john-milton-191_boots_what-boots-it-at-one-gate-to-make-defenc_1238150.png) > [And to the faithful: death, the gate of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/and-to-the-faithful-death-the-gate-of-life/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/john-milton-191_death_and-to-the-faithful-death-the-gate-of-li_1650760.png) > [Morn, Wak'd by the circling hours, with rosy hand Unbarr'd the gates of light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/morn-wak-d-by-the-circling-hours-with-rosy-hand-unbarr-d-the-gates-of/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc9/john-milton-191_gates_morn-wak-d-by-the-circling-hours-with-ro_2878690.png) > [Heaven open'd wide Her ever during gates, harmonious sound, On golden hinges moving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/heaven-open-d-wide-her-ever-during-gates-harmonious-sound-on-golden/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/john-milton-191_gates_heaven-open-d-wide-her-ever-during-gates_68587.png) > [And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/and-oft-though-wisdom-wake-suspicion-sleeps-at-wisdom-s-gate-and-to/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/john-milton-191_gates_and-oft-though-wisdom-wake-suspicion-sle_944026.png) > [Suffering for truth's sake Is fortitude to highest victory, And to the faithful death the gate of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/suffering-for-truth-s-sake-is-fortitude-to-highest-victory-and-to-the/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/john-milton-191_death_suffering-for-truth-s-sake-is-fortitude_46966.png) > [Meanwhile the Adversary of God and man, Satan with thoughts inflamed of highest design, Puts on swift wings, and towards the gates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/meanwhile-the-adversary-of-god-and-man-satan-with-thoughts-inflamed/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/john-milton-191_adversaries_meanwhile-the-adversary-of-god-and-man-s_769613.jpg) > [Witness this new-made world, another Heav'n From Heaven Gate not farr, founded in view On the clear Hyaline, the Glassie Sea; Of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/witness-this-new-made-world-another-heav-n-from-heaven-gate-not-farr/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/john-milton-191_aviation_witness-this-new-made-world-another-heav_2431903.jpg) > [Promiscuous reading is necessary to the constituting of human nature. The attempt to keep out evil doctrine by licensing is like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/promiscuous-reading-is-necessary-to-the-constituting-of-human-nature/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbe/john-milton-191_crow_promiscuous-reading-is-necessary-to-the_3185029.png) > [They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/they-looking-back-all-the-eastern-side-beheld-of-paradise-so-late/) [John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93d/john-milton-191_arms_they-looking-back-all-the-eastern-side-b_645422.png) ## Other authors on Gates ## 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/gates/john-milton/#itemlist", "name": "10 Gates Quotes By John Milton", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Milton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/what-boots-it-at-one-gate-to-make-defence-and-at-another-to-let-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/john-milton-191_boots_what-boots-it-at-one-gate-to-make-defenc_1238150.png", "contentUrl": 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