O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, dungeon or beggary, or decrepit age! Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct, and all her various objects of delight annulled,…

Quote by John Milton

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Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a...

Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a...

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.

I am a part of all that I have met

I am a part of all that I have met

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...

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...

God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more / Is woman's happiest knowledge,...

God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more / Is woman's happiest knowledge,...

Time, the subtle thief of youth

Time, the subtle thief of youth

Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor

Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Necessity, the tyrant's plea

Necessity, the tyrant's plea

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 mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell,...

The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of 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

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is...

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is...

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo...

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo...