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Quotation from Paradise Lost by John Milton

“So farewell, hope; and with hope farewell, fear; Farewell, remorse! all good to me is lost; Evil, be thou my good”

John Milton (spoken by Satan)

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

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Satan rejects repentance and deliberately chooses evil as his good.

Citation: "So farewell, hope; and with hope farewell, fear; Farewell, remorse! all good to me is lost; Evil, be thou my good" — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text). (id paradise-lost-q8)

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

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