1,273 Quotes by John Milton

A tyrant is but like a king upon a stage, a man in a vizor, and acting the part of a king in a play: he is not really a king.

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right

In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

Oh dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total Eclipse Without all hope of day!

Chance governs all.

He seemed For dignity compos'd and high exploit: But all was false and hollow.

So dear I love him, that with him all deaths I could endure, without him live no life.

He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires and fears is more than a king.