John Milton Quotes, Tears Quotes, Weakness Quotes

Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame,-nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.

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The power of Kings and Magistrates is nothing else, but what is only derivative, transferrd and committed to them in trust from the People, to the Common good of them all, in whom the power yet remaines fundamentally, and cannot be takn from them, without a violation of thir natural birthright.

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O when meet now Such pairs, in love and mutual honour joined?

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In discourse more sweet; For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute; And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost.

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Methought I saw my late espoused saint.

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Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call earth.

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Evil, be thou my good.

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Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.

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Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.

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Thoughts that voluntary move Harmonious numbers.

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Among the writers of all ages, some deserve fame, and have it; others neither have nor deserve it; some have it, not deserving it; others, though deserving it, yet totally miss it, or have it not equal to their deserts.

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That practis'd falsehood under saintly shew, Deep malice to conceal, couch'd with revenge.

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Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed.

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Where more is meant than meets the ear.

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His rod revers'd, And backward mutters of dissevering power.

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What am I pondering, you ask? So help me God, immortality.

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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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And live like Nature's bastards, not her sons.

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Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies.

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They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide; They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.

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