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“Execute their airy purposes.”

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John Milton, born on December 9, 1608, in London, and died on November 8, 1674, was a renowned English poet and scholar. He is best known for his epic poem 'Paradise Lost,' which has had a profound impact on world literature. more

“[What for] was the first question he asked about any activity proposed to him - and nothing would make him act, if he found no valid answer. He flew through the days of his summer month like a rocket, but if one stopped him in mid-flight, he could always name the purpose of his every random moment. Two things were impossible to him: to stand still or to move aimlessly.”

Ifs Firsts Stills Two Moments Moving Purpose Found Names Answers Impossible Months Activity Summer Flight Two Things Rockets Flew

Book:Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

“RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.”

Purpose Reconciliation Hostility Digging Suspension Truce

Book:The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in dissuading from dissent.”

Use Form Purpose Office Authority Originals Clubs Heavy Staff Dissent Signifying

Book:The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

“FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London”

Purpose Certain London Ships Flags Troops Rags Vacant Forts

Book:The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce

Source: The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce

“PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has as yet denied him. For purposes of humor it is popularly called a trunk.”

Science Purpose Evolution Knives Denied Organs Elephants Forks Trunks

Book:The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

“I'd rather live precariously in my own office than comfortably in somebody else's.”

Writing My Own Office

Book:Acquired tastes

Source: Acquired tastes

“I feel very rich when I have time to write and very poor when I get a regular paycheck and no time at my real work.”

Feels Writing Real Poor Rich Paychecks Real Work

Book:Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

Source: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

“I do not enjoy writing at all. If I can turn my back on an idea, out there in the dark, if I can avoid opening the door to it, I won't even reach for a pencil.”

Ifs Writing I Can Ideas Turns Enjoy Dark Doors Opening Pencils

Book:Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

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