The childhood shows the man,
As morning shows the day. Be famous then
By wisdom; as thy empire must extend,
So let extend thy mind o'er all the world.
Source: Paradise Regained, Bk iv. 220.
-- John Milton, (Dec 9 1608-1674), English poet, essayist; He was a master epic poetry; Wrote in four languages including Paradise Lost, 1676, after losing his sight.