Quote: Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. [John Milton]
Quote: A mind not to be changed by place or time, the mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. [John Milton]
Quote: Tears such as angels weep. [John Milton]
Quote: I am a part of all that I have met. [John Milton]
Quote: Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. [John Milton]
Quote: Abashed the devil stood, / And felt how awful goodness is. [John Milton]
Quote: One tongue is sufficient for a woman. [John Milton]
Quote: Long is the way And hard, that out of Hell leads up to light. [John Milton]
Quote: There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution. [John Milton]
Quote: He who destroys a good book kills reason itself. [John Milton]
Quote: To live a life half-dead, a living death. [John Milton]
Quote: Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. [John Milton]
Quote: Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part; Do thou but thine. [John Milton]
Quote: He that has light within his own clear breast may sit in the center, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts benighted walks under the mid-day sun; [John Milton]
Quote: Fear of change perplexes monarchs. [John Milton]
Quote: Deep versed in books and shallow in himself. [John Milton]
Quote: A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose for a life beyond. [John Milton]
Quote: 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]
Quote: Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a certain potency of life in them, to be as active as the soul whose progeny they are; they preserve, as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of the living intellect that bred them. [John Milton]
Quote: Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity. [John Milton]
Quote: Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows. [John Milton]
Quote: None can love freedom heartily, but good men... the rest love not freedom, but license. [John Milton]
Quote: Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy! [John Milton]
Quote: Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil. [John Milton]
Quote: Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. [John Milton]