Nor love thy Life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st Live well; how…

Milton, John. "Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 11, I. 553.

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Milton, John. Paradise Lost. Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 10, I. 550.

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