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John Donne Quotes: "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent."

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.



John Donne Quotes: "Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time."

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.




John Donne Quotes: "Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes."

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.



John Donne Quotes: "Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?"

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?




John Donne Quotes: "Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be."

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.



John Donne Quotes: "What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?"

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?



John Donne Quotes: "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.




John Donne Quotes: "More than kisses, letters mingle souls."

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.



John Donne Quotes: "When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language."

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.



John Donne Quotes: "ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee"

ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee



John Donne Quotes: "Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys."

Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys.



John Donne Quotes: "Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail."

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.




John Donne Quotes: "True joy is the earnest which we have of heaven, it is the treasure of the soul, and therefore should be laid in a safe place, and nothing in this world is safe to place it in."

True joy is the earnest which we have of heaven, it is the treasure of the soul, and therefore should be laid in a safe place, and nothing in this world is safe to place it in.



John Donne Quotes: "Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book."

Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.



John Donne Quotes: "Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks."

Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks.



John Donne Quotes: "we give each other a smile with a future in it"

we give each other a smile with a future in it



John Donne Quotes: "Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies."

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.



John Donne Quotes: "O Lord, never suffer us to think that we can stand by ourselves, and not need thee."

O Lord, never suffer us to think that we can stand by ourselves, and not need thee.



John Donne Quotes: "Sleep with clean hands, either kept clean all day by integrity or washed clean at night by repentance."

Sleep with clean hands, either kept clean all day by integrity or washed clean at night by repentance.



John Donne Quotes: "The flea, though he kill none, he does all the harm he can."

The flea, though he kill none, he does all the harm he can.



John Donne Quotes: "In heaven it is always autumn."

In heaven it is always autumn.



John Donne Quotes: "I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so."

I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so.



John Donne Quotes: "To roam Giddily, and be everywhere but at home, Such freedom doth a banishment become."

To roam Giddily, and be everywhere but at home, Such freedom doth a banishment become.



John Donne Quotes: "As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery."

As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery.



John Donne Quotes: "Death is an ascension to a better library."

Death is an ascension to a better library.



John Donne Quotes: "For love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere"

For love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere



John Donne Quotes: "In the first minute that my soul is infused, the Image of God is imprinted in my soul; so forward is God in my behalf, and so early does he visit me."

In the first minute that my soul is infused, the Image of God is imprinted in my soul; so forward is God in my behalf, and so early does he visit me.



John Donne Quotes: "I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we lov'd?"

I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we lov'd?



John Donne Quotes: "Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven."

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.



John Donne Quotes: "No man is an island unto himself."

No man is an island unto himself.



John Donne Quotes: "Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp."

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.



John Donne Quotes: "As soon as there was two there was pride."

As soon as there was two there was pride.



John Donne Quotes: "Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification."

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.



John Donne Quotes: "So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us often."

So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us often.



John Donne Quotes: "Our two souls therefore which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat."

Our two souls therefore which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat.



John Donne Quotes: "How imperfect is all our knowledge!"

How imperfect is all our knowledge!



John Donne Quotes: "So, so, break off this last lamenting kiss, Which sucks two souls, and vapors both away."

So, so, break off this last lamenting kiss, Which sucks two souls, and vapors both away.



John Donne Quotes: "Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings."

Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings.



John Donne Quotes: "Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself."

Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.



John Donne Quotes: "I am a little world made cunningly."

I am a little world made cunningly.



John Donne Quotes: "As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else."

As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else.



John Donne Quotes: "If I dream I have you, I have you, for all our joys are but fantastical."

If I dream I have you, I have you, for all our joys are but fantastical.



John Donne Quotes: "Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631 He was the Word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what that Word did make it I do believe, and take it."

Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631 He was the Word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what that Word did make it I do believe, and take it.



John Donne Quotes: "Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing."

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.



John Donne Quotes: "Only our love hath no decay; this, no tomorrow hath, nor yesterday, running it never runs from us away, but truly keeps his first, last, everlasting day."

Only our love hath no decay; this, no tomorrow hath, nor yesterday, running it never runs from us away, but truly keeps his first, last, everlasting day.



John Donne Quotes: "God himself took a day to rest in, and a good man's grave is his Sabbath."

God himself took a day to rest in, and a good man's grave is his Sabbath.



John Donne Quotes: "Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me."

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.



John Donne Quotes: "I shall not live 'till I see God; and when I have seen Him, I shall never die."

I shall not live 'till I see God; and when I have seen Him, I shall never die.



John Donne Quotes: "I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease."

I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.