353 ordspråk av John Milton
John Milton
John Milton föddes den
9 Dezember 1608 och dog den 8 November
1674 - Ranks second, only to Shakespeare, among English poets.
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Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.
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Virtue could see to do what Virtue would / By her own radiant light, though sun and moon / Were in the flat sea sunk.
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Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, / Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled.
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Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled; Yea even that which mischief meant most harm - Shall in the happy trial prove most glory
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Virtue that wavers is not virtue.
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Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud / Turn forth her silver lining on the night?
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We are at the max, ... We can't add anything out here without taking away something else.
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We believe the bridge has a 20-year life span left. That's assuming no earthquakes and no bad storms,
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What boots it at one gate to make defence,/ And at another to let in the foe?
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What call thou solitude? Is not the earth with various living creatures, and the air replenished, and all these at thy command to come and play before thee?
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What hath night to do with sleep?
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What in me is dark, Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men
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What is strength without a double share of wisdom?
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What needs my Shakespeare, for his honoured bones, / The labour of an age in pilèd stones?
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