Famous quotes containing the words john, milton and/or hay:
“The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the spectre of Communism.”
—A.J.P. (Alan John Percivale)
“These two
Imparadised in one another’s arms,
The happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill
Of bliss on bliss.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)
“And, by the way, who estimates the value of the crop which nature yields in the still wilder fields unimproved by man? The crop of English hay is carefully weighed, the moisture calculated, the silicates and the potash; but in all dells and pond-holes in the woods and pastures and swamps grows a rich and various crop only unreaped by man.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)