The best Quotes by John Milton

The best Quotes by John Milton

John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including over ten chapters, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval.

So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear
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Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
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The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n.
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Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.
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It is strange with how little notice, good, bad, or indifferent, a man may live and die in London.
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If you're curious, London's an amazing place.
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I've often thought a blind man could find his way through London simply by gauging the changes in innuendo: mild through Trafalgar Square, less veiled towards the river.
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I have nothing against Orlando, though you are, of course, far more likely to get shot or robbed there than in London.
I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.
London. The beating heart of England.
England is my home. London is my home. New York feels like, if I have to spend a year living in an unfamiliar city, this is a pretty lovely one to spend a year in, but I will be going home at the end of it, certainly.
Fashion needs fresh blood, and London is the most creative place for that.
Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.
By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
I love to come to L.A. to visit, and then I like to come to rainy old London because it's home.
There's a lot of money to be made in scaring people.
Admitting your fears is the first and most difficult step in overcoming them.
Fear doesn't need conquering. Fear tells you where the edge is. Fear is a good thing.
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Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you can see it, you'll never make it through the night.
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You know what they say about hope. It breeds eternal misery.
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Hope is like a shard of glass. Tread on it, and you'll end up wincing with every step. The best policy is to tweezer it out. Sure, it will hurt like billy-o and the wound will take a while to heal, but after that you can walk again.
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Oh, great warrior? Wars not make one great.
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I don't want to be in a battle, but waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.
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They got money for the war, but can't feed the poor.
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Don't do drugs, don't have unprotected sex, don't be violent... leave that to me.
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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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Dizzy: "My mother always told me that violence doesn't solve anything."
Jean Rasczak: "Really? I wonder what the city founders of Hiroshima would have to say about that."
Carmen: "They wouldn't say anything. Hiroshima was destroyed."
Jean Rasczak: "Correct. Naked force has resolved more conflicts throughout history than any other factor. The contrary opinion, that violence doesn't solve anything, is wishful thinking at its worst. People who forget that always die."
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Walk until the darkness is a memory, and you become the sun on the next traveler's horizon.
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