Meandering on and on . . .

Today is the birthday of John Milton (December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674), poet, polemicist, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England. He is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost.

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."
- John Milton

"For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them."
- John Milton

"He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well."
- John Milton

"He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king."
- John Milton

"Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity."
- John Milton

"Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind."
- John Milton

"Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost."
- John Milton

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