Quote by John Milton
Adam inquires concerning celestial motions, is doubtfully answered

Adam inquires concerning celestial motions, is doubtfully answered, and exhorted to search rather things more worthy of knowledge. – John Milton

Other quotes by John Milton

Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth unseen, both when we sleep and when we awake. – John Milton

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Angels
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When the waves are round me breaking,
As I pace the deck alone,
And my eye in vain is seeking
Some green leaf to rest upon;
What would not I give to wander
Where my old companions dwell?
Absence makes the heart grow fonder,
Isle of Beauty, fare thee well! – John Milton

Category:
Reflection
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Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place. – John Milton

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Prudence
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Other Quotes from
Astronomy
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Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to chance, in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through which man can best learn how small he is. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

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Astronomy

Astronomy is not the apex of science or of invention. But it is a test of the cast of temperament and mind that underlies a culture. – Jacob Bronowski

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Astronomy

These earthly godfathers of Heavens lights, that give a name to every fixed star, have no more profit of their shining nights than those that walk and know not what they are. – William Shakespeare

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Astronomy

When I heard the learn – Walt Whitman

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Astronomy

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The art of pleasing consists in being pleased. – William Hazlitt

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Bound as our lives are to the tyranny of time, it is through what we know of history that we are delivered from our bonds and escape – into time. – A.L. Rowse, The Use of History

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History