John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He is known for the works: Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Lycidas, L'Allegro, and Il Penseroso.
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To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell; Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. Go to Quote / Comment
Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy! Go to Quote / Comment
Lords are lordliest in their wine. Go to Quote / Comment
But wherefore thou alone Wherefore with theeCame not all hell broke loose Is pain to themLess pain, less to be fled, or thou than theyLess hardy to endure Courageous chief,The first in flight from pain, hadst thou allegedTo thy deserted host this cause of flight,Thou surely hadst not come sole fugitive. Go to Quote / Comment
Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity. Go to Quote / Comment
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