John Milton Quotes, Art Quotes, Taken Quotes

In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat bread, Till thou return unto the ground; for thou Out of the ground wast taken; know thy birth, For dust thou art, and shalt to dust return.

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And so sepúlchred in such pomp dost lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.

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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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Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate to hearse when Lycid lies.

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Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all Temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss And mad'st it pregnant: What is in me dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the heighth of this great Argument I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.

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So many laws argues so many sins.

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Who can in reason then or right assume monarchy over such as live by right his equals, if in power or splendor less, in freedom equal?

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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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O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death.

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Angels contented with their face in heaven, Seek not the praise of men.

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Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss.

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Lords are lordliest in their wine.

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In those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth.

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Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.

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In Physic, things of melancholic hue and quality are used against melancholy, sour against sour, salt to remove salt humors.

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Fame is the last infirmity of the human mind.

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The earth, though in comparison of heaven so small, nor glistering, may of solid good contain more plenty than the sun, that barren shines.

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The timely dew of sleep.

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Her silent course advance With inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps On her soft axle.

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Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?

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