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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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...

The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give...

The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give...

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,...

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...

They also serve who only stand and wait.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

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

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

I am a part of all that I have met

I am a part of all that I have met

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

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

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble...

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble...

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...

What in me is dark, Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the...

What in me is dark, Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.