Fidel Castro (1926–2016) former First Secretary of the Communist Party and President of Cuba
Speech at the First World Congress on Literacy (2 February 2005) paraphrasing a line in John Milton's Paradise Lost; quoted in Granma
“In case you were wondering, it is preferable to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven—I’ve done both.”
— Cassandra Clare, book City of Heavenly Fire
Source: City of Heavenly Fire
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“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”
John Milton book Paradise Lost
Variant: Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
Source: Paradise Lost
“To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.”
John Milton book Paradise Lost
i.262-263
Paradise Lost (1667)
Cyrus the Great (-600–-530 BC) King and founder of the Achaemenid Empire
After being suggested by Artembares, grandfather of Artayctes, to abandon the rocky land of Persia Proper for a better region in the empire. <br class="br">Source: As quoted by Herodotus, in the final section of The Histories; cited in https://books.google.com/books?id=2fZmqKcsf-wC&pg=PT362&lpg=PT362
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors, Both Ancient and Modern (1891) edited by Tryon Edwards. p. 327.
1890s and attributed from posthumous publications
“Have you wondered why all the windows in heaven were
broken?”
Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972) American writer and poet
"The Character of Love Seen as a Search for the Lost"
Context: Have you wondered why all the windows in heaven were
broken?
Have you seen the homeless in the grave of God's
hand?
Do you want to acquaint the larks with the fatuous
music of war?
“Thus heaven I’ve forfeited, I know it full well. My soul, once true to God, is chosen for hell.”
Karl Marx (1818–1883) German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist
“The Pale Maiden” https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1837-pre/verse/verse24.htm (1837) ballad
“I don't like to commit myself about Heaven and Hell, you see, I have friends in both places.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“Ruling hell might be better than being a subject in hell, but not by much.”
Jordan Peterson (1962) Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology
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