Clear Quote by John Milton

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise. That last infirmity of noble mind. To scorn delights, and live laborious days.

— John Milton

The single spirit doth simultaneously temper the whole together; this is the single soul of all things; all are filled with God .

— Giordano Bruno

“Fortune doth both raise up the low and pluck down the high.”

— Sir Thomas More

I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.

— David Mallet

And sing to those that hold the vital shears; And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is…

— John Milton

(That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think…

— John Milton

Alas! What boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted Shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse; Were it not better…

— John Milton

Animals have a very clear spirit, and they are so open to the world around them that they can easily be mistreated.

— James Tupper

“Oh, thou clear spirit, of thy fire thou madest me, and like a true child of fire, I breathe it back to thee.”

— Herman Melville

I don't read anything about myself. As a child, there was something in me that was just instinctive. I want to be clear in…

— Gloria Vanderbilt

I'm looking forward to going out at the concert with a clear head, with a clear mind, with a clear spirit and experiencing whatever…

— Lenny Kravitz

Only when the form grows clear to you, will the spirit become so too.

— Robert Schumann