I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and seeks her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat.
Paradise Lost
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"What boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse?"
Strange & Unusual"And from the terror of his countenance, who durst not behold him, that was yet so fair, and lovely to look upon, had not his great transgression chang'd him."
Strange & Unusual"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."
Strange & Unusual"God made man to rule, and not to be ruled by others."
Humorous"License they mean when they cry, Liberty! For who loves that, must first be wise and good."
Shocking