Paradise Lost Quotes
1.
“The mind is its own place, and in
itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
2.
“What hath night to do with sleep?”
3. “Better to reign in Hell, than to
serve in Heaven.”
4. “Solitude sometimes is best society.”
5. “Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.”
6. “Long is the way and hard, that out
of Hell leads up to light.”
7. “Abashed the devil stood and felt
how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his
loss”
8. “All is not lost, the unconquerable
will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or
yield.”
9.
“Never can true reconcilement grow
where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep...”
10. “I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night,
Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down
The dark descent, and up to reascend...”
Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down
The dark descent, and up to reascend...”
11. “Me miserable! Which way shall I fly
Infinite wrath and infinite despair?
Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell;
And in the lowest deep a lower deep,
Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide,
To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven.”
Infinite wrath and infinite despair?
Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell;
And in the lowest deep a lower deep,
Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide,
To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven.”
12. “This horror will grow mild, this
darkness light.”
13. “For so I created them free and free
they must remain.”
14. “What is dark within me, illumine.”
15. “Freely they stood who stood, and
fell who fell. ”
16. “O sun, to tell thee how I hate thy
beams
That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell, how glorious once above thy sphere.”
That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell, how glorious once above thy sphere.”
17. “Our state cannot be severed, we are
one,
One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.”
One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.”
18. “A mind not to be changed by place
or time.
The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n.”
The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n.”
19. “From his lips/Not words alone
pleased her.”
20. “Should God create another Eve, and I
Another Rib afford, yet loss of thee
Would never from my heart; no no, I feel
The Link of Nature draw me: Flesh of Flesh,
Bone of my Bone thou art, and from thy State
Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.”
Another Rib afford, yet loss of thee
Would never from my heart; no no, I feel
The Link of Nature draw me: Flesh of Flesh,
Bone of my Bone thou art, and from thy State
Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.”
21. “Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.”
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.”
22. “Did I request thee, Maker, from my
clay
To mould me man? Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?”
To mould me man? Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?”
23. “Knowledge forbidden?
Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord
Envy them that? Can it be a sin to know?
Can it be death?”
Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord
Envy them that? Can it be a sin to know?
Can it be death?”
24. “They, looking back, all the eastern
side beheld
Of Paradise, so late their happy seat,
Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate
With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms:
Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon;
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.”
Of Paradise, so late their happy seat,
Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate
With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms:
Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon;
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.”
25. “Be strong, live happy and love, but
first of all
Him whom to love is to obey, and keep
His great command!”
Him whom to love is to obey, and keep
His great command!”
26. “And that must end us, that must be
our cure:
To be no more. Sad cure! For who would lose,
Though full of pain, this intellectual being,
Those thoughts that wander through eternity,
To perish, rather, swallowed up and lost
In the wide womb of uncreated night
Devoid of sense and motion?”
To be no more. Sad cure! For who would lose,
Though full of pain, this intellectual being,
Those thoughts that wander through eternity,
To perish, rather, swallowed up and lost
In the wide womb of uncreated night
Devoid of sense and motion?”
27. “What though the field be lost?
All is not Lost; the unconquerable will,
And study of revenge, immortal hate,
And the courage never to submit or yeild.”
All is not Lost; the unconquerable will,
And study of revenge, immortal hate,
And the courage never to submit or yeild.”
28. “Our cure, to be no more; sad cure! ”
29. “Ah, why should all mankind
For one man's fault, be condemned,
If guiltless?”
For one man's fault, be condemned,
If guiltless?”
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