Man's disobedience) brought into this World a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death, and Misery, Death's Harbinger

Quote by John Milton

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The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the...

The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the...

For what can war, but endless war, still breed?

For what can war, but endless war, still breed?

Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor

Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble...

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble...

God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more / Is woman's happiest knowledge,...

God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more / Is woman's happiest knowledge,...

The childhood shows the man, / As morning shows the day. Be famous then /...

The childhood shows the man, / As morning shows the day. Be famous then /...

He that overcomes his passions, overcomes his greatest enemies

He that overcomes his passions, overcomes his greatest enemies

Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by...

Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by...

Laws can discover sin, but not remove it

Laws can discover sin, but not remove it

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.

To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is...

To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is...

Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part; Do thou but thine.

Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part; Do thou but thine.

When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this...

When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this...

A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up...

A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up...

So dear I love him, that with him all deaths I could endure, without him...

So dear I love him, that with him all deaths I could endure, without him...

Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.

Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.

Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.

He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and...

He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and...