John Milton Quotes, Wings Quotes

The helmed Cherubim, And sworded Seraphim, Are seen in glittering ranks with wings display'd.

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Well observe The rule of Not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st.

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A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace, flamed; yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without end.

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O fairest of creation, last and best Of all God's works, creature in whom excelled Whatever can to sight or thought be formed, Holy, divine, good, amiable, or sweet! How art thou lost, how on a sudden lost, Defaced, deflow'red, and now to death devote? Paradise Lost

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At His birth a star, unseen before in heaven, proclaims Him come.

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Chaos umpire sits And by decision more embroils the fray by which he reigns: next him high arbiter Chance governs all.

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They are the troublers, they are the dividers of unity, who neglect and don't permit others to unite those dissevered pieces which are yet wanting to the body of Truth.

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I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle.

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For Solomon, he lived at ease, and full Of honour, wealth, high fare, aimed not beyond Higher design than to enjoy his state.

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Infinity is a dark illimitable ocean, without bound.

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Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crush'd the sweet poison of misused wine.

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Methought I saw my late espoused saint.

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Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.

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I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.

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Be strong, live happy and love, but first of all Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command!

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And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience to attain To something like prophetic strain.

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I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient liberty, When straight a barbarous noise environs me Of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes and dogs.

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What is strength without a double share of wisdom?

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Nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.

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I on the other side Us'd no ambition to commend my deeds; The deeds themselves, though mute, spoke loud the doer.

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