John Milton Quotes - Page 2
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
John Milton, “Paradise Lost: Book 08”
Areopagitica (1644)
John Milton, Henry John Todd (1826). “The poetical works of John Milton: With notes of various authors”, p.466
John Milton, David Masson (1874). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.277
John Milton (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With the Principal Notes of Various Commentators. To which are Added Illustrations, with Some Account of the Life of Milton”, p.43
'Areopagitica' (1644) p. 31
John Milton, Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1856). “The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Biographical Introduction”, p.533
John Milton (2016). “Areopagitica and Other Prose Works”, p.59, Courier Dover Publications
Paradise Regained bk. 4, l. 220 (1671) SeeWilliamWordsworth 12
Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.
Paradise Lost bk. 2, l. 432 (1667)
Knowledge cannot defile, nor consequently the books, if the will and conscience be not defiled.
John Milton, James Augustus St. John (1871). “The Prose Works of John Milton ...: With a Preface, Preliminary Remarks, and Notes”, p.65
To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.
John Milton, George Burnett (1809). “The Prose Works of John Milton: Tenure of the magistrate (continued)”, p.357
John Milton (1758). “Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained...”, p.147
I hate when vice can bolt her arguments, And virtue has no tongue to check her pride.
John Milton (1842). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors; and with Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majesty's State-paper Office”, p.144
'Comus' (1637) l. 195
The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.
John Milton (1873). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Preliminary Dissertations on Each Poem, Notes Critical and Explanatory, an Index to the Subjects of Paradise Lost, and a Verbal Index to All the Poems”, p.255