Character Quote by John Milton

“...the Evil Spirit delights more to dwell in an artful body, than in one that has no cunning to work upon.”

— James Fenimore Cooper

“Much of the Soul they talk, but all awry; And in themselves seek virtue; and to themselves All glory arrogate, to God give none”

— John Milton

“When the onward rush of a powerful spirit sweeps a weaker one to its destruction, the commonplaces of the moral judgement are better left…

— Lytton Strachey

“From arrogance grow many branches from which evils come, so many as may cause the loss of soul and body, honor and wealth.”

— Geoffroi De Charny

“The unredeemed Spirits and their followers, their works, and all their doings---be their unrelenting enemy and try throughout your life to command them and…

— Abraham Von Worms

“Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and opressions of the body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.”

— Thomas Jefferson

Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable…

— Francesco Guicciardini

“Nothing but vast wisdom and onlimited power should dare sweep men off in multitudes,' he added; 'for it is only the one that can…

— James Fenimore Cooper

“For all that exists in man, whether good or evil, is rendered conspicuous by the presence of great danger. His inmost feelings are roused…

— Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker

“Listen: this story's one you ought to know, You'll reap the consequence of what you sow. This fleeting world is not the world where…

— Firdowsi

“The ruthlessness of the godly invalidated their claims of virtue.”

— Salman Rushdie

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor…

— Theodore Roosevelt