Tis
Better to Rule in Hell Then to Serve in Heaven
Today is the anniversary of the birth in 1608 of John
Milton, author of (among many other works) Paradise Lost (released in
1667). He was as well an important political commentator, arguing against
censorship and licensing of publication in Areopagitica.
In Paradise Lost, Milton describes the battle with the
fallen angels, their expulsion from Heaven and the three-day fall that brought
them to Hell (referred to as Tartarus). The
quotation “Tis better to rule in Hell then to serve in Heaven.” appears in Book
1 at line 263, part of a monologue by Satan.
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