Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.

Quote by John Milton

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True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

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...

In those vernal seasons of the year, when the air is calm and pleasant, it...

In those vernal seasons of the year, when the air is calm and pleasant, it...

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...

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

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,...

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...

Jealousy is the injured lover's hell

Jealousy is the injured lover's hell

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

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

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...

I am a part of all that I have met

I am a part of all that I have met

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...

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...

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

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

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

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...

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...

The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the...

The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the...

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...