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There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.

There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.

John Milton
Strong, Heart, Men

My heart contains of good, wise, just, the perfect shape.

John Milton
Wise, Heart, Perfect
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.99

Spirits that live throughout, Vital in every part, not as frail man, In entrails, heart or head, liver or reins, Cannot but by annihilating die.

John Milton
Heart, Men, Spirit
John Milton (1749). “Poetical works. A new ed. with notes of various authors by Thomas Newton. (With copper-plates.)”, p.413

Good luck befriend thee, Son; for at thy birth The fairy ladies danced upon the hearth.

John Milton
Heart, Good Luck, Son
John Milton (2004). “The Complete Poems”, p.145, Penguin UK

Yet hold it more humane, more heav'nly, first, By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear.

John Milton
Heart, Winning, Firsts
John Milton (1752). “Paradise Regain'D. A Poem, In Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes, And Poems upon Several Occasions: 3”, p.154

What can 'scape the eye Of God, all-seeing, or deceive His heart. Omniscient!

John Milton
God, Eye, Heart
John Milton, Alastair Fowler (2007). “Paradise Lost”, p.540, Pearson Education

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
Wise, Truth, Heart
John Milton (2014). “Paradise Regained In Plain and Simple English: A Modern Translation and the Original Version”, p.46, BookCaps Study Guides

These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, not bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward.

John Milton
Stars, Eye, Heart
John Milton (1844). “I. Prose Works: Poetical works. II.”, p.36

Aristotle ... imputed this symphony of the heavens ... this music of the spheres to Pythagorus. ... But Pythagoras alone of mortals is said to have heard this harmony ... If our hearts were as pure, as chaste, as snowy as Pythagoras' was, our ears would resound and be filled with that supremely lovely music of the wheeling stars.

John Milton
Stars, Heart, Science

Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward.

John Milton
Hope, Heart, Hands
John Milton (1752). “Paradise Regain'd. A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes: and Poems Upon Several Occasions. The Author John Milton”, p.534

Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all Temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss And mad'st it pregnant: What is in me dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the heighth of this great Argument I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.

John Milton
God, Heart, Dark
John Milton (2013). “Paradise Lost Simplified!: Includes Modern Translation, Study Guide, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index”, p.9, BookCaps Study Guides

O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still; Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill While the jolly hours lead on propitious May.

John Milton
Heart, May, Woods
John Milton, Henry John Todd (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.449

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