“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents.”

— John Milton, Of Education (1644)

About John Milton

1608 – 1674

English poet and polemicist, author of the epic 'Paradise Lost' (1667).

“A grateful mind by owing owes not, but still pays, at once indebted and discharged.”

“Man hath his daily work of body or mind appointed.”

“They also serve who only stand and wait.”

“I am here to speak for the right of education for every child.”

“My father says that education is neither Eastern or Western.”

“I don't think there is such a thing as a bad book for children.”

“A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.”

“For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.”

“Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?”