This quote by John Milton is from a masque (a kind of entertainment, similar to a play, that was enjoyed by the courts of 16th and 17th century Europe). Comus, based on the god of revelry, states that the night is for living and not for sleeping. His nightly escapades, though, were not necessarily honourable. While some research reveals that night owls do tend to be the evening revellers of society and may be more inclined to have the dark triad of personality (oh, you know,