Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. — John Milton · Skopia

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Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.

Paradise Lost · 1667

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Heaven and hell

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Epic poem Religious literature

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1667 The Renaissance

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Current citation

"Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 263.

Original citation

Milton, John. Paradise Lost. Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 1, I. 263.

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