John Milton Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: December 9, 1608 - November 8, 1674
Birthday: December 9
Death: November 8
That space the Evil One abstracted stood From his own evil, and for the time remained Stupidly good, of enmity disarmed, Of guile, of hate, of envy, of revenge .
source: 1665 Satan gazes upon Eve. Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.9, l.463-6.
topic: Time, Revenge, Hate, Paradise Lost Book 9, Guile
