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John Milton
Age: 65 †
Born: 1608
Born: December 9
Died: 1674
Died: November 8
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Part of my soul I seek thee, and claim thee my other half
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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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Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare, more apt To slacken virtue, and abate her edge, Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise.
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Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.
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The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flow'r, but not in this soil Unknown, and like esteem'd, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon.
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No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.
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Nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.
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Me miserable! Which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair? Which way I fly is hell myself am hell And in the lowest deep a lower deep, Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide, To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven.
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Zeal and duty are not slow But on occasion's forelock watchful wait.
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Socrates... Whom well inspir'd the oracle pronounc'd Wisest of men.
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No mighty trance, or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.
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Our two first parents, yet the only two Of mankind, in the happy garden placed, Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love, Uninterrupted joy, unrivalled love In blissful solitude.
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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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Myself, and all the Angelic Host, that stand in the sight of God enthroned, our happy state hold, as you yours, while our obedience hold. On other surety none: freely we serve, because we freely love.
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The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear.
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Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names.
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