John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He is known for the works: Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Lycidas, L'Allegro, and Il Penseroso.
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Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows. Go to Quote / Comment
A man may be a heretic in the truth; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy. Go to Quote / Comment
...A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. Go to Quote / Comment
If it come to prohibiting, there is aught more likely to be prohibited than truth itself. Go to Quote / Comment
Fear of change perplexes monarchs. Go to Quote / Comment