All is not lost. Courage never to submit or yield.

What it means

Satan rallies after defeat with an unconquerable will. Milton shows that resolve can serve a bad cause as well as a good one. Point your refusal to quit at something worth it.

The source

"All is not lost. Courage never to submit or yield." Milton said it in Paradise Lost 1.106-108. Written in English: Paradise Lost, 1674 text, Project Gutenberg #26.

"All is not lost—the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield"

Original English (Paradise Lost, 1674 text, Project Gutenberg #26), Paradise Lost 1.106-108. Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Milton (1608–1674). English poet who dictated Paradise Lost after going blind. His epic of the fall made the mind its own place.

Questions

What does "All is not lost. Courage never to submit or yield." mean?

Satan rallies after defeat with an unconquerable will. Milton shows that resolve can serve a bad cause as well as a good one. Point your refusal to quit at something worth it.

Who said "All is not lost. Courage never to submit or yield."?

Milton (1608–1674). Source: Paradise Lost 1.106-108.

What is the original wording?

All is not lost—the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield (Original English (Paradise Lost, 1674 text, Project Gutenberg #26)). Written in English: Paradise Lost, 1674 text, Project Gutenberg #26.

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