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

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

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...

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...

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...

Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought...

Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought...

'Tis Chastity, my brother, Chastity: She that has that, is clad in complete steel

'Tis Chastity, my brother, Chastity: She that has that, is clad in complete steel

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

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

Don't hold grudges; it's pointless. Jealousy too is a non-cathartic, negative emotion.

Don't hold grudges; it's pointless. Jealousy too is a non-cathartic, negative emotion.

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...

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...

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

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...

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

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

He that overcomes his passions, overcomes his greatest enemies

He that overcomes his passions, overcomes his greatest enemies

To live a life half-dead, a living death.

To live a life half-dead, a living death.

O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than...

O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than...

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

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

Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail / Or knock the breast, no weakness,...

Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail / Or knock the breast, no weakness,...

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning...

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning...