The childhood shows the man, / As morning shows the day. Be famous then / By wisdom; as thy empire must extend, / So let extend thy mind o'er all the world.

Quote by John Milton

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

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

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 Tree of Knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of Good bought dear by knowing ill

The Tree of Knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of Good bought dear by knowing ill

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...

Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor

Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor

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

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

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

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

Servant of God, well done; well hast thou fought The better fight

Servant of God, well done; well hast thou fought The better fight

A short retirement urges a sweet return

A short retirement urges a sweet return

Calm of mind, all passion spent

Calm of mind, all passion spent

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

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

To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is...

To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is...

Laws can discover sin, but not remove it

Laws can discover sin, but not remove it

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...

Time, the subtle thief of youth

Time, the subtle thief of youth

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

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...

They also serve who only stand and wait.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

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...

Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.

Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.