John Milton Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old John Milton quotes, John Milton sayings, and John Milton proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad. John Milton
If you let slip time, like a neglected rose it withers on the stalk with languished head. John Milton
Here may we reign secure, and in my choice to reign is worth ambition, though in Hell. Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. John Milton
He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. John Milton
Sweetest echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell, By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale. John Milton
Time is the subtle thief of youth. John Milton
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right. John Milton
Who aspires must down as low, As high he soar'd. John Milton
In solitude What happiness? Who can enjoy alone, Or all enjoying what contentment find? John Milton
When there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing,many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making. John Milton
Now the bright morning star, day’s harbinger, / Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her / The flowery May, who from her green lap throws / The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose. John Milton
Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire / Mirth and youth and warm desire ; / Woods and groves are of thy dressing, / Hill and vale doth boast thy blessing. John Milton
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. John Milton
Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, in every gesture dignity and love. John Milton
For neither man nor angel can discern / Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks / Invisible, except to God alone. John Milton
Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing / Such notes are warbled to the string / Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek. John Milton
Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung. John Milton
With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, / Confusion worse confounded. John Milton
Every cloud has a silver lining. John Milton
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. John Milton
Then to the well-trod stage anon, / If Jonson's learned sock be on, / Or sweetest Shakespeare fancy child, / Warble his native wood-notes wild. John Milton
Now came still evening on, and twilight gray had in her sober livery all things clad. John Milton
It was from out the rind of one apple tasted, that the knowledge of good and evil, as two twins cleaving together, leaped forth into the world. John Milton
When I consider how my light is spent, / E're half my days, in this dark world and wide, / And that one talent which is death to hide / Lodged with me useless. John Milton
They who have put out the people's eyes, reproach them of their blindness. John Milton
The childhood shows the man as morning shows the day. John Milton
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor. John Milton
Let none admire / That riches grow in hell; that soil may best / Deserve the precious bane. John Milton
Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise that last infirmity of noble mind, to scorn delights, and live laborious days. John Milton
Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With the charm of earliest birds. John Milton