When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.
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When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.
This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-Paradise.
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,--This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
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