We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it. John Milton More Quotes by John Milton More Quotes From John Milton Now morn, her rosy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl, When Adam wak'd, so custom'd; for his sleep Was aery light, from pure digestion bred. John Milton lightearthsleep The timely dew of sleep. John Milton timelydewsleep Hail holy light, offspring of heav'n firstborn! John Milton hailholylight I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death. John Milton ribssoulears Fame is the last infirmity of the human mind. John Milton recognitionlastsmind Son of Heav'n and Earth, Attend: that thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself, That is, to thy obedience; therein stand. John Milton happinessartson Live while ye may, Yet happy pair. John Milton pairsmayhappiness Must I thus leave thee, Paradise?-thus leave Thee, native soil, these happy walks and shades? John Milton paradiseshadehappiness She what was honour knew, And with obsequious majesty approv'd My pleaded reason. To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn; all heaven And happy constellations on that hour Shed their selectest influence; the earth Gave sign of gratulation, and each hill; Joyous the birds; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub. John Milton airwingshappiness Reason also is choice. John Milton logicchoicesreason They are the troublers, they are the dividers of unity, who neglect and don't permit others to unite those dissevered pieces which are yet wanting to the body of Truth. John Milton unitypiecesbody Fairy damsels met in forest wide / By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, / Lancelot or Pelleas, or Pellenore. John Milton knightsfairyforests And these gems of Heav'n, her starry train. John Milton gemsjewelrytrain Lifted up so high I disdained subjection, and thought one step higher would set me highest. John Milton highesthighersteps Courage never to submit of yield. John Milton submityieldcourage We should be wary what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men, how we spill that seasoned life of man, preserved and stored up in books, since we see a kind of homicide may be thus committed, sometimes a martyrdom; and if it extend to the whole impression, a kind of massacre, whereof the execution ends not in the slaying of an elemental life, but strikes at the ethereal and fifth essence, the breath of reason itself; slays an immortality rather than a life. John Milton essencemenbook Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. John Milton rudeivyyears A death-like sleep, John Milton immortal-lifesleepdeath Cyriack, whose Grandsire on the Royal Bench Of British Themis, with no mean applause Pronounced and in his volumes taught our Laws, Which others at their Bar so often wrench John Milton barslawmean Where all life dies death lives. John Milton life-deathdiesdeath
