Home / Quotes / Quote by John Milton

Quote by John Milton

“Implied Subjection, but requir'd with gentle sway, And by her yielded, by him best receiv'd,- Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet, reluctant, amorous delay.”

Quote by John Milton

Book:The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors; and with Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majesty's State-paper Office

Work

The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors; and with Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majesty's State-paper Office

The Poetical Works of John Milton is a comprehensive compilation of the poet's writings, enriched with scholarly annotations. The volume offers insights into Milton's life and literary contributions, drawing heavily from original documents held in the State-paper Office. more

Author

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

You May Also Like

“The wisest man could ask no more of fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, Safe from the many, honored by the few; Nothing to court in Church, or World, or State, But inwardly in secret to be great.”

Men World States Asks Church Simple Secret Fate He Man Safe Court Simplicity Modesty Modest Honored Wisest Manly Wisest Man

Author:James Russell Lowell

“I am thinking of the onion again. . . . Not self-righteous like the proletarian potato, nor a siren like the apple. No show-off like the banana. But a modest, self-effacing vegetable, questioning, introspective, peeling itself away, or merely radiating halos like ripples.”

Source: Becoming light: poems, new and selected

“Man offers himself to God. He stands before Him like the canvas before the painter or the marble before the sculptor. At the same time he asks for His grace, expresses his needs and those of his brothers in suffering. Such a type of prayer demands complete renovation. The modest, the ignorant, and the poor are more capable of this self-denial than the rich and the intellectual.”

Men Needs Self Suffering Asks Prayer Poor Rich Grace Brother Type Offers Demand Capable Intellectual Ignorant Painter Denial Modesty Canvas Modest Marble Sculptors Self-denial Renovation

Author:Alexis Carrel

“A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and faithfully completes it. This is indeed a gentleman.”

Justice Principles Practice Essentials Gentleman Modesty Propriety

Author:Confucius

“Honor modesty more than your life.”

Life Honor Modesty

Book:Aeschylus: The suppliant maidens, The Persians, translated by S. G. Benardete. Seven against Thebes, Prometheus bound, translated by D. Grene

Source: Aeschylus: The suppliant maidens, The Persians, translated by S. G. Benardete. Seven against Thebes, Prometheus bound, translated by D. Grene

“Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.”

“The girl who chooses to be modest, chooses to be respected.”

Girl Modesty Modest Veils

Author:Howard W. Hunter

“It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness.”

Men Law Turns Sin Virtue Fashion Design Amount Men And Women Righteousness Clothings Modesty Popularity Almighty Modest Veils Change God

Author:Mark E. Petersen

“If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.”

Ifs Reader Judgment Modesty Candor

Book:The cry (1754)

Source: The cry (1754)

“True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.”

Rich Modesty Covetousness

Author:John Milton