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John Milton
Age: 65 †
Born: 1608
Born: December 9
Died: 1674
Died: November 8
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Hate is of all things the mightiest divider, nay, is division itself. To couple hatred, therefore, though wedlock try all her golden links, and borrow to tier aid all the iron manacles and fetters of law, it does but seek to twist a rope of sand.
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Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging low with sullen roar.
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Come to the sunset tree! The day is past and gone The woodman's axe lies free, And the reaper's work is done.
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Our reason is our law.
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Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.
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He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun Himself his own dungeon.
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The redundant locks, robustious to no purpose, clustering down--vast monument of strength.
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O madness to think use of strongest wines And strongest drinks our chief support of health, When God with these forbidden made choice to rear His mighty champion, strong above compare, Whose drink was only from the liquid brook.
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What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?
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Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.
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For the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume The balm of life.
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Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls his watery labyrinth, which whoso drinks forgets both joy and grief.
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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.
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Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
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Blind mouths! That scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook.
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You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It's all in the mind.
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A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad.
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On the tawny sands and shelves trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.
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Biochemically, love is just like eating large amounts of chocolate.
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Heav'nly love shall outdoo Hellish hate
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