John Milton Quotes

“Shalt thou give law to God? shalt thou dispute with him the points of liberty, who made thee what thou art, and formed the Powers of Heaven such as he pleased, and circumscribed their being?”

― John Milton, Paradise Lost

topic:man law

“Yet, with a pleasing sorcery, could charm pain for a while or anguish, and excite fallacious hope, or arm th' obdured breast with stubborn patience as with triple steel.”

― John Milton, Paradise Lost

topic:hope

“Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.”

― John Milton, Paradise Lost

topic:darkness light

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.”

― John Milton, Paradise Lost

topic:mind hell heaven

“To attain the highth and depth of thy eternal ways all human thoughts come short, Supreme of things!”

― John Milton, Paradise Lost

topic:thought

“Immediate are the acts of God, more swift than time or motion, but to human ears cannot without process of speech be told, so told as earthly notion can receive.”

― John Milton, Paradise Lost

topic:speech

“For never can true reconcilement grow,Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep”

― John Milton, Paradise Lost

topic:hate

“All is not lost—the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and courage never to submit or yield: and what is else not to be overcome?”

― John Milton, Paradise Lost

topic:hate will

“The wife, where danger or dishonour lurks, safest and seemliest by her husband stays, who guards her, or with her the worst endures.”

― John Milton, Paradise Lost

topic:danger

“Me miserable! which way shall I flyInfinite wrath, and infinite despair?Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell;And, in the lowest deep, a lower deepStill threatening to devour me opens wide,To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.”

― John Milton, Paradise Lost

topic:hell despair misery

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