Quotes from John Milton
Each tree Laden with fairest fruit, that hung to th' eye Tempting, stirr'd in me sudden appetite To pluck and eat.
- John Milton
Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss.
- John Milton
Our two first parents, yet the only two of mankind, in the happy garden placed, reaping immortal fruits of joy and love, uninterrupted joy, unrivalled love In blissful solitude.
- John Milton
See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds, With joy and love triumphing.
- John Milton
Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.
- John Milton
Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies.
- John Milton
Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.
- John Milton
Suffering for truth's sake Is fortitude to highest victory, And to the faithful death the gate of life.
- John Milton
For truth is strong next to the Almighty. She needs no policies or stratagems or licensings to make her victorious. These are the shifts and the defences that error uses against her power.
- John Milton
Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones.
- John Milton
If there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it is their duty to tolerate such difference in each other, until God shall have revealed the truth to all.
- John Milton
Thy actions to thy words accord; thy words To thy large heart give utterance due; thy heart; Contains of good, wise, just, the perfect shape.
- John Milton