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War Quotes by John Milton
- Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.
- Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.
- Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand; For hot, cold, moist,…
- A complete and generous education fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both public and private, of peace and war.
- The brazen throat of war.
- My sentence is for open war.
- Incens'd with indignation Satan stood Unterrify'd, and like a comet burn'd That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In th' arctic sky, and from his…
- No war or battle sound Was heard the world around.
- The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.
- Those whom reason hath equalled, force hath made supreme
- Such bickerings to recount, met often in these our writers, what more worth is it than to chronicle the wars of kites or crows flocking…
- What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?
- For what can war, but endless war, still breed?
- Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.
- O shame to men! Devil with devil damned Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational, though under hope Of heavenly grace: and God…
- He all their ammunition And feats of war defeats With plain heroic magnitude of mind And celestial vigour armed;
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