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

Quote by John Milton

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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...

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

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

Necessity, the tyrant's plea

Necessity, the tyrant's plea

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...

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...

They also serve who only stand and wait.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

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...

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

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

Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him...

Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him...

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

'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

So farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear, Farewell Remorse: all Good to me is...

So farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear, Farewell Remorse: all Good to me is...

These two imparadised in one another's arms, the happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill of...

These two imparadised in one another's arms, the happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill of...

Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil.

Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil.

Laws can discover sin, but not remove it

Laws can discover sin, but not remove it

Jealousy is the injured lover's hell

Jealousy is the injured lover's hell

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...

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint...

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint...

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do...

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do...