How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets Where no crude surfeit reigns

Quote by John Milton

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

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

The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by...

The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by...

Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities,...

Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities,...

Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam

Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam

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

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

Jealousy is the injured lover's hell

Jealousy is the injured lover's hell

Fame is but the breath of the people, and that often unwholesome

Fame is but the breath of the people, and that often unwholesome

A mind not to be changed by place or time, the mind is its own...

A mind not to be changed by place or time, the mind is its own...

Money brings honor, friends, conquest, and realms.

Money brings honor, friends, conquest, and realms.

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

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

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.

He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do...

He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do...

The Tree of Knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of Good bought dear by knowing ill

The Tree of Knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of Good bought dear by knowing ill

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.

Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the loving heart.

Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the loving heart.

Money can't buy friends but it can get you a better class of enemy

Money can't buy friends but it can get you a better class of enemy

Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men,...

Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men,...

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons...

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons...