For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands.
Paradise Lost
The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (A witty, if slightly cynical, observation on the practicalities of liberty)
1649
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"Yet more there be, who doubt him or deride, And think, that all this world was made for show."
Strange & Unusual"Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries lent for show, but to dispense their good."
Controversial"Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war."
Strange & Unusual"He knew that the eyes of all Europe were upon him."
Humorous"And in the lowest deep a lower deep still threatening to devour me opens wide, to which the hell I suffer seems a heaven."
Controversial