“ The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. ”
John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667). copy citation
| Author | John Milton |
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| Source | Paradise Lost |
| Topic | mind hell heaven |
| Date | 1667 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26/pg26-images.html |
Context
“
Where joy for ever dwells! Hail, horrors! hail,
Infernal world! and thou, profoundest Hell,
Receive thy new possessor—one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least
We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence:” source
Where joy for ever dwells! Hail, horrors! hail,
Infernal world! and thou, profoundest Hell,
Receive thy new possessor—one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least
We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence:” source
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