Autres citations de John Milton:
"La jeunesse montre l'homme comme le matin montre le jour."
"Celui qui a vaincu Par la force n'a qu'à moitié vaincu son ennemi." / "Who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe. "
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." / "Ce ne sont pas les lieux, c'est son coeur qu'on habite."
"Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king. "
"Même le plus ignorant des hommes ne peut être assez stupide pour nier que tout homme naît naturellement libre."
"Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear ."
"So dear I love him, that with him all deaths I could endure, without him live no life. "
"Our torments also may in length of time Become our Elements. "
"Neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible except to God alone."
"But he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself ."
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"A dungeon horrible, on all sides round,
As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames
No light; but rather darkness visible
Served only to discover sights of woe."
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