Quotes by Milton, John

Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all i >>

'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity. She that has that is clad in comp >>

How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, stolen on his wing my t >>

Quotations about Evil

It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the >>

No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happin >>

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessar >>

What wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear without the knowledge of evil? He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true wayfaring Christian.

Milton, John