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You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It's all in the mind.

John Milton

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John Milton
Age: 65 †
Born: 1608
Born: December 9
Died: 1674
Died: November 8
Poet
Politician
Writer
Mind
Make
Hell
Heaven
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Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.
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Fairy damsels met in forest wide / By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, / Lancelot or Pelleas, or Pellenore.
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Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
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