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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

2424 Sir Thomas Browne 1605-1682 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:2424
AUTHOR:Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682)
QUOTATION:The heart of man is the place the Devil ’s in: I feel sometimes a hell within myself. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Religio Medici. Part i. Sect. li.
 
Note 1.
The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.
John Milton: Paradise Lost, book i. line 253. [back]