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The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n.
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Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.
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John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse. Writing in English, Latin, Greek, and Italian, he achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica, written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship, is among history's most influential and impassioned defences of free speech and freedom of the press.
The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n.
Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.
John Milton in Paradise Lost