John Milton Quotes
English poet whose epic Paradise Lost retold the fall of man in majestic blank verse. Milton's lines on the mind, patience and those who serve by standing and waiting are immortal. Below are 15 of the most loved John Milton quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
Farewell happy fields, where joy for ever dwells: hail, horrors.
Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined.
Now came still evening on, and twilight grey had in her sober livery all things clad.
Accuse not Nature! She hath done her part; do thou but thine.
The world was all before them, where to choose their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, through Eden took their solitary way.
Grace was given me to reject the misery of my own thoughts, and to rise above them.
Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.
What hath night to do with sleep?
A mind not to be changed by place or time is a blessing in any place.
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.
Solitude sometimes is best society.
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
They also serve who only stand and wait.
Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, with charm of earliest birds.