Author: John Milton

Quotes

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

- John Milton

The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.

The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.

- John Milton

Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.

Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.

- John Milton

When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.

When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.

- John Milton

No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.

No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.

- John Milton

Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.

Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.

- John Milton

For what can war, but endless war, still breed?

For what can war, but endless war, still breed?

- John Milton

Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.

Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.

- John Milton

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.

- John Milton

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