Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail / Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt,/ Dispraise, or blame; nothing but well and fair,/ And what may quiet us in a death so noble.

Quote by John Milton

Topics: Death Quotes

For solitude is sometimes best society, And short retirement urges sweet return

For solitude is sometimes best society, And short retirement urges sweet return

He that overcomes his passions, overcomes his greatest enemies

He that overcomes his passions, overcomes his greatest enemies

A short retirement urges a sweet return

A short retirement urges a sweet return

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...

Money brings honor, friends, conquest, and realms.

Money brings honor, friends, conquest, and realms.

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

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

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

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

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

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

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

Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!

Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!

Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And in the lowest deep a...

Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And in the lowest deep a...

A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows...

A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows...

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good

Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good

The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Time, the subtle thief of youth

Time, the subtle thief of youth

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel...

Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel...

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.