More from John Milton
- Often credited to Henry Kissinger
To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.Paradise Lost (1667), i.262-263In context
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Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.
On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity (1629), Hymn, stanza 14, line 135
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To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.