John Milton — Quotes and Wisdom

Quotes

10 total quotes

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For what is strength without a double share of wisdom?

—John MiltonEnglish Poet and Intellectual

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Unless war be better than peace, then peace is more noble.

—John MiltonEnglish Poet and Intellectual

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Truth came once into the world with her divine master, a perfect shape most glorious to look on.

—John MiltonEnglish Poet and Intellectual

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Solitude sometimes is best society.

—John MiltonEnglish Poet and Intellectual

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Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.

—John MiltonEnglish Poet and Intellectual

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He who reigns within himself, rules passions, desires, fears, is more than a king.

—John MiltonEnglish Poet and Intellectual

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The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.

—John MiltonEnglish Poet and Intellectual

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To be weak is miserable, doing or suffering.

—John MiltonEnglish Poet and Intellectual

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Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.

—John MiltonEnglish Poet and Intellectual

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And new woes strike, as new joys bloom.

—John MiltonEnglish Poet and Intellectual