A Quote by John Milton

And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems.

John Milton

Quote Topics

Charge Gate Goodness Her Ill Oft Seems Simplicity Sleeps Suspicion Thinks Though Wake While Wisdom

Quote Author

John Milton
English - Poet
December 9, 1608 - November 8, 1674

Goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems.

John Milton

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.

William Hazlitt

When any person treats you ill or speaks ill of you, remember that he does this or says this because he thinks it is his duty. It is not possible, then, for him to follow that which seems right to you, but that which seems right to himself.

Epictetus

But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.

Robert A. Heinlein

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!

William Shakespeare

Seek wisdom. Wisdom waits to be gathered. She cannot be bartered or sold. She is a fight for the diligent. And only the diligent will find her. The lazy man - the stupid man - never even looks. Though wisdom is available to many, she is found by few. Seek wisdom. Find her, and you will find success and contentment.

Andy Andrews

Hath fortune dealt thee ill cards? let wisdom make thee a good gamester. In a fair gale, every fool may sail, but wise behavior in a storm commends the wisdom of a pilot; to bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit.

Francis Quarles

A man fashions ill for himself who fashions ill for another, and the ill design is most ill for the designer.

Hesiod

He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.

Publilius Syrus

The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill-temper.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.

Francis of Assisi

I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is as bad as bad can be: it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest.

Samuel Johnson

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.

William Cowper

Above all, we shall wage no more unilateral, ill-planned, ill-considered, and ill-prepared invasions of foreign countries that pose no actual threat to our security.