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Nor aught availed him now to have built in heaven high towers; nor did he scrape by all his engines, but was headlong sent with his industrious crew to build in hell.
By John Milton
And when night, darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
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Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb, counseled ignoble ease, and peaceful sloth, not peace.
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Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions for opinions in good men is but knowledge in the making.
By John Milton
Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinions in good men is but knowledge in the making.
By John Milton
When the waves are round me breaking,As I pace the deck alone,And my eye in vain is seekingSome green leaf to rest uponWhat would not I give to wanderWhere my old companions dwellAbsence makes the heart grow fonder,Isle of Beauty, fare thee well
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Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.
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The mind is its own place and in itself can make a heaven of Hell and a hell of Heaven
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The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
By John Milton
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.
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If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectfy manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man.
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If it come to prohibiting, there is aught more likely to be prohibited than truth itself.
By John Milton
How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year
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Here at lastWe shall be freethe Almighty hath not builtHere for his envy, will not drive us henceHere we may reign secure, and in my choiceTo reign is worth ambition though in HellBetter to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
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He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires and fears is more than a King.
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He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
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He who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
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Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties
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Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
By John Milton
But wherefore thou alone Wherefore with theeCame not all hell broke loose Is pain to themLess pain, less to be fled, or thou than theyLess hardy to endure Courageous chief,The first in flight from pain, hadst thou allegedTo thy deserted host this cause of flight,Thou surely hadst not come sole fugitive.
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Accuse not nature, she hath done her partDo thou but thine, and be not diffidentOf wisdom, she deserts thee not, if thouDismiss not her, when most thou needest her nigh,By attributing overmuch to thingsLess excellent, as thou thyself perceivest.
By John Milton