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."
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven."
"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."
"Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties."
"Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe."
"He who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself."
"He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. "
"I am a part of all that I have met."
"...A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life."
