Quotes by John M ilton

Quotes by John M ilton

——To be weak ismiserable,Doing or suffering.

Source:Paradise Lost

——We see things not as they are but aswe are.

Source:Paradise Lost

——Athens,the eye of Greece,mother of arts and eloquence.

Source:Paradise Regained

——O loss of sight,of thee Imost complain!Blind among enemies,O worse than chains,dungeon,or beggary,or decrepit age!

Source:Samson Agonistes

——Stood up,the strongest and the fiercest spirit That fought in heaven,now fiercer by despair.

Source:Paradise Lost

——He's gone,and who knows how may he report Thy words by adding fuel to the flame.

Source:Samson Agonistes

——Giveme the liberty to know,to utter,and to argue freely according to conscience,above all liberties.

Source:Areopagitica

——Better to reign in Hell,then serve in Heaven.

Source:Paradise Lost

——Themind is its own place,and in it self Can make a Heaven of Hell,a Hell of Heaven.

Source:Paradise Lost

——Throw open all the doors;let there be light;let every man think and bring his thoughts to the light;dread not any diversities of opinion.

Source:Areopagitica

——In liberty's defence,my noble task,Of which all Europe talks from side to side.This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask.Content,though blind,had Ino better guide.

Source:To Cyriack Skinner

——Knowledge for bidden?Suspicious,reasonless.Why should their load Envy them that?Can it be sin to know?Can it be death?

Source:Paradise Lost