John Milton Quotes
Abash'd the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is.
Milton, John. Paradise Lost. Samuel Simmons, 1667, book 4, lines 846-847.
Wilkie was investigating a story that Cunningham had steered a defense computer contract to a company that was not very competent or experienced. Most of his Republican House Colleagues allowed this to go on thinking that Cunningham was just providing favors for campaign donations. Wilke could not find any incriminating evidence, but Cunningham had indeed rigged the contract because he was taking bribes from the company. He later went to jail as ‘the most corrupt congressman in American history.’
John Milton was an English poet and intellectual who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious shifts and political instability, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667). Written in blank verse, Paradise Lost is widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written.
