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May Quotes by John Milton
- And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.
- So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap.
- The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge…
- And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell…
- Let us no more contend, nor blame each other, blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten each other's burden.
- Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's…
- In contemplation of created things, by steps we may ascend to God.
- Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out.
- Live while ye may, Yet happy pair.
- Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame,-nothing but well and fair, And what…
- He 's gone, and who knows how he may report Thy words by adding fuel to the flame?
- Yet I shall temper so Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most Them fully satisfy'd, and thee appease.
- Few sometimes may know, when thousands err.
- Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light And never but…
- 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 fill…
- 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…
- He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul…
- Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.
- What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence,…
- Our torments also may in length of time Become our Elements.
- Our torments also may in length of time Become our elements, these piercing fires As soft as now severe, our temper changed Into their temper.
- For stories teach us, that liberty sought out of season, in a corrupt and degenerate age, brought Rome itself to a farther slavery: for liberty…
- Let none admire that riches grow in hell; that soil may best deserve the precious bane.
More May Quotes
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- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
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- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong