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
freedom good hath heartily license love none rest scope tyrants
None can love freedom heartily but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license which never hath more scope than under tyrants
awful devil felt goodness
Abashed the devil stood, / And felt how awful goodness is.
awful devil felt goodness lovely saw shape virtue
Abash'd the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely
almost destroys eye good image man reasonable
As good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye
evil farewell good hope thou
So farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear, Farewell Remorse: all Good to me is lost; Evil be thou my Good
evil good news rides
Evil news rides post, while good news bates
beyond book good life master precious purpose treasured
A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose for a life beyond
beyond book english-poet good lifeblood master precious purpose treasured
A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
communication good-communication grows
Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.
men good-man atheism
Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.
men evil good-and-evil
As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of good and evil?
freedom men good-man
None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.
kind plagiarism good-authors
For such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not bettered by the borrowers, among good authors is accounted Plagiarè.
parent parenthood good-parent
These are thy glorious works, Parent of good!