When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, / And that one talent which is death to hide, / Lodged with me useless.

Quote by John Milton

Topics: Death Quotes

Necessity, the tyrant's plea

Necessity, the tyrant's plea

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

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

He that overcomes his passions, overcomes his greatest enemies

He that overcomes his passions, overcomes his greatest enemies

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound...

When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound...

Craftiness is a quality in the mind and a vice in the character.

Craftiness is a quality in the mind and a vice in the character.

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.

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...

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

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

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...

Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam

Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam

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

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

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.

I've spent most of my life walking under that hovering cloud, jealousy, whose acid raindrops...

I've spent most of my life walking under that hovering cloud, jealousy, whose acid raindrops...

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe...

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe...