心は独自の世界なのだ。その中では天国も地獄に、地獄も天国に成り得る。 - サタン -- ジョン・ミルトン (1608 - 74): 『失楽園』第一巻
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The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven a hell, a hell a heaven. - Satan -- John Milton (1608 - 74): Paradise Lost bk.1
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