John Milton Quotes, Flower Quotes

O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken primrose fading timelessly.

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A poet soaring in the high reason of his fancies, with his garland and singing robes about him.

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Courtesy which oft is found in lowly sheds, with smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls and courts of princes, where it first was named.

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Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.

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With a smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.

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All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.

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And what the people but a herd confus'd, A miscellaneous rabble, who extol Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise? They praise, and they admire, they know not what; And know not whom, but as one leads the other; And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues, and be their talk, Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise?

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Virtue, which breaks through opposition and all temptation can remove, most shines, and most is acceptable above.

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He 's gone, and who knows how he may report Thy words by adding fuel to the flame?

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Therefore, if at great things thou wouldst arrive, Get riches first, get wealth.

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Subdue By force, who reason for their law refuse, Right reason for their law.

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Men of most renowned virtue have sometimes by transgressing most truly kept the law.

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As children gath'ring pebbles on the shore. Or if I would delight my private hours With music or with poem, where so soon As in our native language can I find That solace?

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For other things mild Heav'n a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the day, And when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains.

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Thy actions to thy words accord; thy words To thy large heart give utterance due; thy heart; Contains of good, wise, just, the perfect shape.

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Let none admire that riches grow in hell; that soil may best deserve the precious bane.

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Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell, . . . . And boldly venture to whatever place Farthest from pain?

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The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.

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Beauty is Nature's coin, must not be hoarded, But must be current, and the good thereof Consists in mutual and partaken bliss.

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Evil into the mind of god or man may come and go, so unapproved, and leave no spot or blame behind.

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