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By John Milton
The mind is its own place, and in it self Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
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- Paradise Lost, Book 1, 1667 · Book 1, lines 254-255
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- John Milton, Paradise Lost (first published 1667; read in the John Milton Reading Room edition, ed. Thomas H. Luxon, Dartmouth College)
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From Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, Book 1, lines 254 to 255. The words are spoken by Satan, who has just been thrown into Hell and is speaking to Beelzebub. They are a character's words in a poem, credited to Milton as the author.