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But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon.


John Milton

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JOHN MILTON None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.
JOHN MILTON How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!
JOHN MILTON