John Milton
John Milton
John Miltonwas an English poet, polemicist, and man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth9 December 1608
two apples evil
It was from out the rind of one apple tasted, that the knowledge of good and evil, as two twins cleaving together, leaped forth into the world.
sex essence purpose
For Spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both; so soft And uncompounded is their essence pure, Not tied or manacled with joint or limb, Nor founded on the brittle strength of bones, Like cumbrous flesh; but in what shape they choose Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure, Can execute their airy purposes, And works of love or enmity fulfil.
dance light goes-on
Come and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe.
men faults should
Ah, why should all mankind For one man's fault, be condemned, If guiltless?
patience eggs white
We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it. Abraham Lincoln, White House speech 11 April 1865. Or arm th' obdured breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel.
song time blessed
But see! theVirgin blessed Hath laid her Babe to rest. Time is our tedious song should here have ending.
time fire elements
Our torments also may in length of time Become our elements, these piercing fires As soft as now severe, our temper changed Into their temper.
hope joy paradise-lost-book-9
Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest.
time law forget
God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise. With thee conversing I forget all time.
time revenge hate
That space the Evil One abstracted stood From his own evil, and for the time remained Stupidly good, of enmity disarmed, Of guile, of hate, of envy, of revenge .
character men past
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
book men self
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.
ends quarrels
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
time past eternity
Time, though in Eternity, applied To motion, measures all things durable By present, past, and future.