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Quotation from Paradise Lost by John Milton

“then wilt thou not be loth To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far”

John Milton (spoken by Michael)

Paradise Lost, Book XII (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text)

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Michael tells Adam that faith, virtue, patience, temperance and charity will make an inward paradise.

Citation: "then wilt thou not be loth To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far" — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book XII (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text). (id paradise-lost-q13)

Portrait: Houghton EC65.M6427P.1667aa - Paradise Lost, 1667, John Milton, Public domain.

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