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] |