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Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
From Paradise Regained
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Topic: Inspirational
Consult.../what reinforcement we may gain from hope,/If not, what resolution from despair.
From Paradise Lost
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Topic: Hope
Here at last
We shall be free;
the Almighty hath not built
Here for his envy, will not drive us hence:
Here we may reign secure, and in my choice
To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
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Topic: Death
Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.
From Paradise Lost
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Topic: Inspirational
He who thinks we are to pitch our tent here, and have attained the utmost prospect of reformation that the mortal glass wherein we contemplate can show us, till we come to beatific vision, that man by this very opinion declares that he is yet far short of truth.
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Topic: Religion
Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear
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Topic: Hope
How charming is divine Philosophy!
Not harsh, and crabbed as dull fools suppose,
But musical as is Apollo's lute,
And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets,
Where no crude surfet raigns.
From Comus
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Topic: Philosophical
No man [...] can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free, being the image and resemblance of God himself.
From The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
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Topic: Religion
The end … of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him.
From Of Education
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Topic: Education
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..
From Paradise Lost
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Topic: Inspirational, Religion
The happiness of a Nation consists in true Religion, Piety, Justice, Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, and the contempt of Avarice and Ambition. They in whomsoever these virtues dwell eminently, need not Kings to make them happy, but are the architects of their own happiness; and whether to themselves or others are not less than Kings.
From Eikonoklastes. In answer to a book intitled, Eikon Basilike, the portraiture of his Sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings. A new edition, corrected by the late Reverend Richard Baron.
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Topic: Happiness, Religion
The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.
From Milton on Education
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Topic: Education
Immortal amarant, a flower which once
In paradise, fast by the tree of life,
Began to bloom; but soon for man's offence
To heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows,
And flowers aloft, shading the fount of life,
And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven
Rolls o'er elysian flowers her amber stream:
With these that never fade the spirits elect
Bind their resplendent locks.
From Paradise Lost
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Topic: Religion
Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
From Paradise Regained
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Topic: Inspirational
Consult.../what reinforcement we may gain from hope,/If not, what resolution from despair.
From Paradise Lost
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Topic: Hope
Here at last
We shall be free;
the Almighty hath not built
Here for his envy, will not drive us hence:
Here we may reign secure, and in my choice
To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
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Topic: Death
Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.
From Paradise Lost
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Topic: Inspirational
He who thinks we are to pitch our tent here, and have attained the utmost prospect of reformation that the mortal glass wherein we contemplate can show us, till we come to beatific vision, that man by this very opinion declares that he is yet far short of truth.
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Topic: Religion
Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear
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Topic: Hope
How charming is divine Philosophy!
Not harsh, and crabbed as dull fools suppose,
But musical as is Apollo's lute,
And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets,
Where no crude surfet raigns.
From Comus
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Topic: Philosophical
No man [...] can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free, being the image and resemblance of God himself.
From The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
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Topic: Religion
The end … of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him.
From Of Education
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Topic: Education
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..
From Paradise Lost
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Topic: Inspirational, Religion
The happiness of a Nation consists in true Religion, Piety, Justice, Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, and the contempt of Avarice and Ambition. They in whomsoever these virtues dwell eminently, need not Kings to make them happy, but are the architects of their own happiness; and whether to themselves or others are not less than Kings.
From Eikonoklastes. In answer to a book intitled, Eikon Basilike, the portraiture of his Sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings. A new edition, corrected by the late Reverend Richard Baron.
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Topic: Happiness, Religion
The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.
From Milton on Education
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Topic: Education
Immortal amarant, a flower which once
In paradise, fast by the tree of life,
Began to bloom; but soon for man's offence
To heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows,
And flowers aloft, shading the fount of life,
And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven
Rolls o'er elysian flowers her amber stream:
With these that never fade the spirits elect
Bind their resplendent locks.
From Paradise Lost
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Topic: Religion
Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
From Paradise Regained
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Topic: Inspirational
Consult.../what reinforcement we may gain from hope,/If not, what resolution from despair.
From Paradise Lost
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Topic: Hope
Here at last
We shall be free;
the Almighty hath not built
Here for his envy, will not drive us hence:
Here we may reign secure, and in my choice
To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
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Topic: Death
Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.
From Paradise Lost
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Topic: Inspirational
He who thinks we are to pitch our tent here, and have attained the utmost prospect of reformation that the mortal glass wherein we contemplate can show us, till we come to beatific vision, that man by this very opinion declares that he is yet far short of truth.
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Topic: Religion
Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear
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Topic: Hope
How charming is divine Philosophy!
Not harsh, and crabbed as dull fools suppose,
But musical as is Apollo's lute,
And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets,
Where no crude surfet raigns.
From Comus
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Topic: Philosophical
No man [...] can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free, being the image and resemblance of God himself.
From The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
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Topic: Religion
The end … of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him.
From Of Education
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Topic: Education
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..
From Paradise Lost
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Topic: Inspirational, Religion
The happiness of a Nation consists in true Religion, Piety, Justice, Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude, and the contempt of Avarice and Ambition. They in whomsoever these virtues dwell eminently, need not Kings to make them happy, but are the architects of their own happiness; and whether to themselves or others are not less than Kings.
From Eikonoklastes. In answer to a book intitled, Eikon Basilike, the portraiture of his Sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings. A new edition, corrected by the late Reverend Richard Baron.
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Topic: Happiness, Religion
The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.
From Milton on Education
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Topic: Education
Immortal amarant, a flower which once
In paradise, fast by the tree of life,
Began to bloom; but soon for man's offence
To heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows,
And flowers aloft, shading the fount of life,
And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven
Rolls o'er elysian flowers her amber stream:
With these that never fade the spirits elect
Bind their resplendent locks.
From Paradise Lost
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Topic: Religion