John Milton Short Quotes

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Out of one man a race
Of men innumerable.

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Whence and what art thou, execrable shape?

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Peor and Baalim Forsake their temples dim.

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Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.

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These my sky-robes, spun out of Iris' woof.

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Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil.

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Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day.

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Deep vers'd in books and shallow in himself.

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To be weak is miserable,
Doing or suffering.

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The serpent subtlest beast of all the field.

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Pandemonium, city and proud seat
Of Lucifer.

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And out of good still to find means of evil.

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Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.

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These are thy glorious works, Parent of good.

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Dusk faces with white silken turbans wreath'd.

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Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth.

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Fever, the eternal reproach to the physicians.

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To sit in darkness here Hatching vain empires.

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Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise.

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That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp.

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Most men admire Virtue who follow not her lore.

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Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose.

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Hail, holy light! offspring of heav'n firstborn.

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Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.

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For evil news rides post, while good news baits.

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His sleep
Was airy light from pure digestion bred.

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Under the shady roof
Of branching elm star-proof.

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Litigious terms, fat contentions, and flowing fees.

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Midnight shout and revelry,
Tipsy dance and jollity.

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Peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war.

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