Laws can discover sin, but not remove it

Quote by John Milton

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

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

The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

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

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

It is not miserable to be blind; it is miserable to be incapable of enduring...

It is not miserable to be blind; it is miserable to be incapable of enduring...

No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally...

No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally...

Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at...

Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at...

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

If there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it...

If there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it...

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...

How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth...

How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth...

How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical...

How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical...

Biochemically, love is just like eating large amounts of chocolate.

Biochemically, love is just like eating large amounts of chocolate.

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

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...

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

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

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...

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience,...

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience,...

Beauty is Nature's coin, must not be hoarded, but must be current.

Beauty is Nature's coin, must not be hoarded, but must be current.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is but a flower which wrinkles will devour; Brightness falls from the air

Beauty is but a flower which wrinkles will devour; Brightness falls from the air