1608 – 1674 • English • Poet
When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.
Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.
True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.
A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.
