A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose for a life beyond.
Quote by John Milton
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A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose for a life beyond.
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John Milton Quotes
- Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.
- If it come to prohibiting, there is aught more likely to be prohibited than truth itself.
- He also serves who only stands and waits.
- He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
- The childhood shows the man, As morning shows the day.
- Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe.
- Accuse not nature, she hath done her part Do thou but thine, and be not diffident Of wisdom, she deserts thee not, if thou Dismiss not her, when most thou needest her nigh, By attributing overmuch to thingsLess excellent, as thou thyself perceivest.
- Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.
- How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year.
- He who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
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- The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors.