Thought for the day, Monday 9th December

“The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven…

“Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.”

John Milton (1608 – 1674), poet, born on this day

von Bojanowski, Anton; Milton Dictating ‘Paradise Lost’; Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/milton-dictating-paradise-lost-120841

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