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John Milton

English poet and civil servant

1608–1674

22 quotes, most often on Truth & Lies, Time and Good & Evil.

He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself to be a true poem.
Apology for Smectymnuus (1642)
- Poetry
- Writing
Of Man’s first disobedience, and the fruit
Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste
Brought death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regain the blissful seat
Paradise Lost (1667), Book IIn context
- Christianity
- Religion
But all was false and hollow; though his tongue
Dropped manna, and could make the worse appear
The better reason
Paradise Lost (1667), Book IIIn context
- Talking
- Truth & Lies
Long is the way
And hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.
Paradise Lost (1667), Book IIIn context
- Hope
Abashed the Devil stood,
And felt how awful goodness is, and saw
Virtue in her shape how lovely
Paradise Lost (1667), Book IVIn context
- Good & Evil
- Virtue
Some natural tears they dropt, but wiped them soon;
The world was all before them, where to choose
Their place of rest, and Providence their guide:
They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow,
Through Eden took their solitary way.
Paradise Lost (1667), Book XIIIn context
- Change
- Hope
They also serve who only stand and waite.
On His Blindness (1673)In context
- Faith
- God

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