They also serve who only stand and wait.
John Milton
Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.
John Milton
To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.
John Milton
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.
John Milton
Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.
John Milton
Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk.
John Milton
When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.
John Milton
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.
John Milton
Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.
John Milton
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