Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void.
Interpretation
This quote expresses that promises made in times of distress are often untrustworthy and can be easily retracted.
John Milton suggests that vows or commitments made when one is suffering or in pain lack sincerity and strength. Such promises, born out of despair, are often deemed invalid and may not hold up in happier or more stable times. The notion implies that real commitments should be made when one is clear of mind and heart, and not under duress.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about the importance of genuine commitments in relationships.
They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide; They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.
Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones.
Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss
The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.
Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
And what is a kiss, specifically? A pledge properly sealed, a promise seasoned to taste, a vow stamped with the immediacy of a lip, a rosy circle drawn around the verb 'to love.' A kiss is a message too intimate for the ear, infinity captured in the bee's brief visit to a flower, secular communication with an aftertaste of heaven, the pulse rising from the heart to utter its name on a lover's lip: 'Forever.
Mankind have love, animals have affection. The harmonious and beautiful world is revealed.
I've decided I am going to start loving my backside because I don't know anyone who does that. And for my daughter, I want to be able to say to her, 'I love this.'
And my heart springs up anew,_x000D_ _x000D_ Bright and confident and true,_x000D_ _x000D_ And the old love comes to meet me, in the dawning and the dew.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist.
But sweetly and discreetly love passes from person to person, from heart to heart, or it is nothing worth.
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