If at great things thou would'st arrive, Get riches first, get wealth, and treasure heap, Not difficult, if thou hearken to me; Riches are mine, fortune is in my hand, They whom I favor thrive in wealth amain, While virtue, valor, wisdom, sit in want.

John Milton

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Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

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The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge... by John Milton

The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.

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He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fea... by John Milton

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

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Where no hope is left, is left no fear. by John Milton

Where no hope is left, is left no fear.

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Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed... by John Milton

Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.

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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.

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For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.

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The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day. by John Milton

The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.

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The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell... by John Milton

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

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When we speak of knowing God, it must be understood with reference to man's limited powers of comprehension. God, as He really is, is far beyond man's imagination, let alone understanding. God has revealed only so much of Himself as our minds can conceive and the weakness of our nature can bear.

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He who destroys a good book kills reason itself. by John Milton

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

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Solitude sometimes is best society. by John Milton

Solitude sometimes is best society.

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Let us no more contend, nor blame each other, blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten each other's burden.

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Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, in every gesture d... by John Milton

Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, in every gesture dignity and love.

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Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity. by John Milton

Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.

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Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good. by John Milton

Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good.

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Now the bright morning-star, Day's harbinger, by John Milton

Now the bright morning-star, Day's harbinger,

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

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Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just a... by John Milton

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

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Believe and be confirmed. by John Milton

Believe and be confirmed.

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