Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from John Milton

John Milton English poet (1608 - 1674)


John Milton -
- I am a part of all that I have met.

John Milton -
- Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe.

John Milton - Paradise Lost
- Hell has no benefits, only torture.

John Milton -
- ...A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.

John Milton - Paradise Lost
- Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.

John Milton -
- Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.

John Milton -
- If it come to prohibiting, there is aught more likely to be prohibited than truth itself.

John Milton -
- Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.

John Milton -
- The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.

John Milton - Paradise Lost
- Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell.

John Milton -
- He who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

John Milton -
- He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

John Milton -
- A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose for a life beyond.

John Milton -
- Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinions in good men is but knowledge in the making.

John Milton - Dr. Faustus
- The mind is its own place and in itself can make a heaven of Hell and a hell of Heaven

John Milton - Paradise Lost
- Better reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.