A Mind Not To Be Chang'd By Place Or Time. The Mind Is Its Own Place, And In Itself Can Make A Heaven Of Hell, A Hell Of Heaven.

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A mind not to be chang'd 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; the almighty hath not built
Here for his envy, will not drive us hence;
Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice,
To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
-- Satan, from John Milton (1608-1674)
-- Paradise Lost, Book i, Line 253

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