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" That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle,; but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom... "
Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books - Page 67
by John Milton - 1750
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Paradise Lost: A Student's Companion to the Poem

Francis Blessington - Epic poetry, English - 2004 - 161 pages
...experience taught, she learn That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime Wisdom; what is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that most...
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Utopia & Revolution: On the Origins of a Metaphor

Melvin Jonah Lasky - Political Science - 752 pages
...experience taught, she learne That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime Wisdom: what is more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence. It was in this sense that Milton...
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Genetics and the Logic of Evolution

Kenneth M. Weiss, Anne V. Buchanan - Science - 2004 - 560 pages
...experience taught, she learn, That, not to know at large of things remote From use. obscure and subtle; but, to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom: What is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence; And renders us, in things that most...
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Homoeopathic Family Kit

Kamal Kansal - 2003 - 206 pages
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The Times Book of English Verse

Edward Leeson - English poetry - 2004 - 728 pages
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Emerson, Romanticism, and Intuitive Reason: The Transatlantic "light of All ...

Patrick J. Keane - Literary Collections - 2005 - 575 pages
...experience taught, she learn That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom, what is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence. Empty fume, inhaled, dulls the brain,...
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The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie and Collins in One Volume

William Cullen Bryant - Poetry - 2005 - 536 pages
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Pearls from Many Seas: A Galaxy of Thought from Four Hundred Writers of Wide ...

B. McClure - Literary Collections - 2005 - 632 pages
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The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Inspirational Quotes

Reference - 2004 - 516 pages
...wise. — Benjamin Franklin Be wise; Soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise. — Philip Massinger To know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom. — -John Milton It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well. —...
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