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Quotation from Paradise Lost by John Milton

“The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven”

John Milton (spoken by Satan)

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

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Satan greets Hell defiantly, claiming that his unchanged mind makes the place indifferent.

Citation: "The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven" — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text). (id paradise-lost-q3)

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

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