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" 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 62
by John Milton - 1896 - 210 pages
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I Still Believe: How Listening to Christianity's Critics Strengthens Faith

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...
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The Plain Truth about God 101

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...
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The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know

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...
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The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey - Business & Economics - 2010 - 637 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...
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The Bible and Its Influence

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...
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Schaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great Research Papers

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...
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Be In It to Win It: A Road Map to Spiritual, Emotional, and Financial Wholeness

Kirbyjon H. Caldwell - Religion - 2007 - 291 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...
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God & Government: An Insider's View on the Boundaries Between Faith & Politics

Charles 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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