John Milton Quotes about Giving

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Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.

John Milton

Freedom, Giving, Liberty

'Areopagitica' (1644) p. 34

He who freely magnifies what hath been nobly done, and fears not to declares as freely what might be done better, gives ye the best covenant of his fidelity.

John Milton

Giving, Done, Covenant

John Milton (1859). “The prose works of John Milton”, p.167

None But such as are good men can give good things, And that which is not good, is not delicious To a well-govern'd and wise appetite.

John Milton

Wise, Men, Giving

John Milton, Henry John Todd (1852). “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.139

Only this I know, That one celestial father gives to all.

John Milton

God, Father, Giving

John Milton (1773). “The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost: Rendered Into Grammatical Construction ... with Notes Grammatical, Geographical, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory. To which are Prefixed Remarks on Ellipsis and Transposition ...”, p.342