 Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.  Paradise Lost - Page 62by John Milton - 1896 - 210 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Kurt D. Bruner - Religion - 2005 - 226 pages
...them with the hope of yet regaining supremacy, Lucifer raises his fist to God's throne and declares... Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign...though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. 4 Lucifer dedicated his entire existence to thwarting God's purposes and plans, preferring... | |
 | Allan W. Janssen - God - 2006 - 193 pages
...together by atomic (or Divine) force to make one unit. Rather simplistic, but what the hell! - AWJ ** "Here we may reign secure, and in my choice." "To...though in hell." "Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n." - John Milton ** You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 512 pages
...at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure; and, in my choice, To reign...though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. FROM Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing I deny not, but that... | |
 | Deirdre N. McCloskey - Business & Economics - 2010 - 634 pages
...even in Milton's secret heart. London took the proud words of Milton's Satan as his personal motto: "To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: / Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven."12 Courage, in other words, is a virtue, but in a bad man or a fallen angel or a CEO gone... | |
 | Cullen Schippe, Chuck Stetson - Bible - 2006 - 400 pages
...hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choyce To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n, Paradise Lost 1.254-63 This is an engraving of Satan by Gustave Doré (1832-1883), from... | |
 | Laurie Rozakis - Study Aids - 2007 - 192 pages
...and pride. "The mind is its own place and in itself can make a Heaven of hell, a hell of Heaven . . . here we may reign secure, and in my choice to reign...though in hell: better to reign in hell than serve in Heaven," (1.254-5, 261-263). Somehow, he has set himself irrevocably on the path to eternal rebellion... | |
 | Kirbyjon H. Caldwell - Religion - 2007 - 290 pages
...underworld kingdom after the Almighty expelled them from heaven, we hear the Prince of Darkness announce: Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign...though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. When we surrender to vanity, or to its related personal demons, we are, like the legendary... | |
 | Charles W. Colson - Religion - 2010 - 451 pages
...the beginning, perhaps because he lusts for it so himself. Milton wrote of Lucifer in Paradise Lost, "To reign is worth ambition, though in hell. Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven."7 In the process of announcing the Kingdom and offering redemption from the Fall, Jesus... | |
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