God affords no man the comfort, the false comfort of Atheism: He will not allow a pretending Atheist the power to flatter himself, so far, as to seriously think there is no God.
JOHN DONNEWhen one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
More John Donne Quotes
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O Lord, never suffer us to think that we can stand by ourselves, and not need thee.
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I count all that part of my life lost which I spent not in communion with God, or in doing good.
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Then love is sin, and let me sinful be.
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To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.
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Without outward declarations, who can conclude an inward love?
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Doth not a man die even in his birth? The breaking of prison is death, and what is our birth, but a breaking of prison?
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I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so.
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If I dream I have you, I have you, for all our joys are but fantastical.
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Batter my heart, three-personed God, for you As yet but knock; breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
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Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
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I sing the progress of a deathless soul.
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A man that is not afraid of a Lion is afraid of a Cat .
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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.
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Art is the most passionate orgy within man’s grasp.
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Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.
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