John Milton idézet

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„Mi köze van az éjszakának az alváshoz?”

„Jobb a pokolban uralkodni, mint a mennyben szolgálni.”

“He that has light within his own clear breast,
May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day;
But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts,
Benighted walks under the mid-day sun;
Himself is his own dungeon.”

“None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.”

“And looks commercing with the skies,
Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes.”

“It was the winter wild
While the Heav'n-born child
All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies.”

“That old man eloquent.”

“My rising is thy fall”

“The gadding vine.”

“And chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer
Before all Temples th' upright heart and pure,
Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first
Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread
Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss
And mad'st it pregnant: What in me is dark
Illumine, what is low raise and support;
That to the highth of this great Argument
I may assert th' Eternal Providence,
And justifie the wayes of God to men.”

“Who best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best: his state
Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed,
And post o'er land and ocean without rest;
They also serve who only stand and wait.”