Quotes from John Milton
An olive leaf he brings, pacific sign.
- John Milton
Our state cannot be sever'd; we are one, one flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.
- John Milton
Hail, holy light! offspring of heav'n firstborn.
- John Milton
These my sky-robes, spun out of Iris' woof.
- John Milton
Meadows trim, with daisies pied, shallow brooks, and rivers wide; Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighboring eyes.
- John Milton
Care sat on his faded cheek, but under brows of dauntless courage.
- John Milton
Beauty is nature's coin, must not be hoarded, But must be current, and the good thereof consists in mutual and partaken bliss.
- John Milton
Dalila: In argument with men a woman ever Goes by the worse, whatever be her cause. Samson: For want of words, no doubt, or lack of breath!
- John Milton
When night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
- John Milton
With thee conversing I forget all time, all seasons, and their change; all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, with charm of earliest birds.
- John Milton
Me miserable! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell; And in the lowest deep a lower deep, Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide, To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven.
- John Milton
Where more is meant than meets the ear.
- John Milton