John Milton

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"... If weakness may excuse, What Murderer, what Traitor, Parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it? All Wickedness is Weakness: That plea therefore With God or Man will gain thee no Remission."	Men
"If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectfy manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man."	Change, Darkness, History
"None can love freedom heartily but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license."	Art, Evil, Freedom
"...A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life."	Books, Evil, Life
"How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!"	Age, Time
"Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep."	Art, Sleeping
"The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven."	Miscellaneous
"The childhood shows the man, As morning shows the day."	Men, Time
"Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind."	Freedom, Liberty
"He also serves who only stands and waits."	Miscellaneous

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