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John Milton Quotes about War

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Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.

Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.

Death, War, Paradise

Paradise Lost bk. 1, l. 263 (1667)

Luck is the residue of design.

Life, Witty, War

The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose.

War, Conquer, Virtue

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

Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.

Powerful, Military, War

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 648

Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.

Life, Peace, War

"To the Lord General Cromwell" l. 10 (written 1652)

For what can war, but endless war, still breed?

War, Endless, Stills

'On the Lord General Fairfax at the Siege of Colchester' (written 1648, published 1694)

My sentence is for open war.

War, Sentences

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 2, l. 51

Incens'd with indignation Satan stood Unterrify'd, and like a comet burn'd That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In th' arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.

War, Fire, Hair

John Milton, James BUCHANAN (Grammarian.) (1773). “The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Rendered Into Grammatical Construction ... With Notes ... To which are Prefixed Remarks on Ellipsis and Transposition ... By J. Buchanan”, p.145

Yet much remains To conquer still; peace hath her victories No less renowned then war, new foes arise Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains: Help us to save free conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves whose gospel is their maw.

War, Soul, Victory

1652 'To the Lord General Cromwell'.

Those whom reason hath equalled, force hath made supreme

Peace, War, Reason

John Milton (1861). “The first book of Milton's Paradise lost: with a prose tr. and notes, by J. Hunter”, p.26

Such bickerings to recount, met often in these our writers, what more worth is it than to chronicle the wars of kites or crows flocking and fighting in the air?

War, Fighting, Air

John Milton (1870). “Britain Under Trojan, Roman, Saxon Rule”, p.120

Now I see Peace to corrupt no less than war to waste.

War, Waste

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 11, l. 783

No war or battle sound Was heard the world around.

War, Battle, Sound

'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity: The Hymn' (1645) st. 4

Heaven, the seat of bliss, Brooks not the works of violence and war.

War, Heaven, Violence

John Milton, James BUCHANAN (Grammarian.) (1773). “The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Rendered Into Grammatical Construction ... With Notes ... To which are Prefixed Remarks on Ellipsis and Transposition ... By J. Buchanan”, p.399

The brazen throat of war.

War, Throat, Brazen

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.505

To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite Man-slaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory.

War, Home, Men

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.504

... then there was war in heaven. But it was not angels. It was that small golden zeppelin, like a long oval world, high up. It seemed as if the cosmic order were gone, as if there had come a new order, a new heavens above us: and as if the world in anger were trying to revoke it.

War, Angel, Order

I call a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.

Education, War, Men

"Paradise Lost and Other Poems".

O shame to men! Devil with devil damned Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational, though under hope Of heavenly grace: and God proclaiming peace, Yet live in hatred, enmity, and strife Among themselves, and levy cruel wars, Wasting the earth, each other to destroy: As if (which might induce us to accord) Man had not hellish foes enough besides, That day and night for his destruction wait.

War, Night, Men

John Milton, David Scott Kastan “Paradise Lost (Kastan Edition)”, Hackett Publishing

What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?

War, Boots, Defence

'Samson Agonistes' (1671) l. 558

Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand; For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mast'ry.

Nature, War, Night

John Milton, James BUCHANAN (Grammarian.) (1773). “The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Rendered Into Grammatical Construction ... With Notes ... To which are Prefixed Remarks on Ellipsis and Transposition ... By J. Buchanan”, p.159

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