No man who know aught can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.
"John Milton" was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poetry/epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), written in blank verse.
Milton's poetry and prose reflect deep personal convictions, a passion for freedom and self-determination, and the urgent issues and political turbulence of his day. Writing in English, Latin, Greek, and Italian, he achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica (1644)—written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship—is among history's most influential and impassioned defences of free speech and freedom of the press.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous poets! More John Milton on Wikipedia.The end of learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love Him and imitate Him.
Jealousy is the injured lover's hell.
I am a part of all that I have met.
Here at least we shall be free. . . Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
If it come to prohibiting, there is aught more likely to be prohibited than truth itself.
Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell.
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good.
...A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe.
He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
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.
He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
Awake, arise, or be forever fall'n.
So dear I love him that with him all deaths I could endure, without him live no life.
A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose for a life beyond.
Demoniac frenzy, moping melancholy, / And moon-struck madness.
None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.
Long is the way And hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Subtle he needs must be, who could seduce Angels.
Hell has no benefits, only torture.
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.
Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.
He who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
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