# Quote — John Milton, Paradise Lost

> My sentence is for open War; Of Wiles,
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> More unexpert, I boast not: them let those
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> Contrive who need, or when they need, not now.
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> For while they sit contriving, shall the rest,
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> Millions that stand in Arms, and longing wait
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> The Signal to ascend, sit ling'ring here,
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> Heav'n's fugitives, and for their dwelling place
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> Accept this dark opprobrious Den of shame,
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> The Prison of his Tyranny who Reigns
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> By our delay? no, let us rather choose,
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> Arm'd with Hell flames and fury all at once
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> O'er Heaven's high Tow'rs to force resistless way,
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> Turning our Tortures into horrid Arms
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> Against the Torturer.

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- Book: [Paradise Lost](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton/paradise-lost.md)
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> So scented the grim Feature, and upturn'd
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> His nostril wide into the murky air,
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> Sagacious of his quarry from so far.

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> Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye,
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> In every gesture dignity and love.

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> To know
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> That which before us lies in daily life
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> Is the prime wisdom.

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