5 Quotes by John Milton about firsts

  • Author John Milton
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    Courtesy which oft is found in lowly sheds, with smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls and courts of princes, where it first was named.

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  • Author John Milton
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    Yet hold it more humane, more heav'nly, first, By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear.

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    Therefore, if at great things thou wouldst arrive, Get riches first, get wealth.

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  • Author John Milton
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    God is decreeing to begin some newand great period in his Church, even to the reforming of Reformation itself. What does he then but reveal Himself to his servants, and as his manner is, first to his Englishmen?

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