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
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To adore the conqueror, who now beholds Cherub and seraph rolling in the flood.
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You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It's all in the mind.
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Beauty is God's handwriting-a wayside sacrament.
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What is strength without a double share of wisdom?
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He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
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The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.
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Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
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In dim eclipse disastrous twilight sheds / On half the nations, and with fear of change / Perplexes monarchs.
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Everyone knows that you cannot talk about people by name,
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The bloody Piedmontese that rolled / Mother with infant down the rocks.
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Still govern thou my song, / Urania, and fit audience find, though few.
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The best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words
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Thence up he flew, and on the Tree of Life,/ The middle tree and highest there that grew, / Sat like a cormorant.
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Implied / Subjection, but required with gentle sway / And by her yielded, by him best received; / Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, / And sweet reluctant amorous delay.