John Milton Quotes

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• Innumerable as the stars of night, Or stars of morning, dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower.
• Our country is where ever we are well off.
• Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.
• Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.
• Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
• The childhood shows the man As morning shows the day. Be famous then By wisdom; as thy empire must extend, So let extend thy mind…
• He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
• Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?
• The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
• Midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence.
• Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompany'd; for beast and bird, They to their…
• How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it…
• Her silent course advance With inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps On her soft axle.
• And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens take his pleasure.
• For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone.
• And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.
• Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north - wind's breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all…
• With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears.
• Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose.
• Good luck befriend thee, Son; for at thy birth The fairy ladies danced upon the hearth.

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