Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be profaned on either part, for though ‘Tis got by chance, ‘Tis kept by art.
JOHN DONNETake me to you, imprison me, for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.
More John Donne Quotes
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How great love is, presence best trial makes, But absence tries how long this love will be.
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Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
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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.
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How imperfect is all our knowledge!
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The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.
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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.
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Who are a little wise the best fools be.
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Reason is our soul’s left hand, Faith her right, By these we reach divinity
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I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so.
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To know and feel all this and not have the words to express it makes a human a grave of his own thoughts.
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I do not love a man, except I hate his vices, because those vices are the enemies, and the destruction of that friend whom I love.
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More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
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We give each other a smile with a future in it.
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Man is not only a contributory creature, but a total creature; he does not only make one, but he is all; he is not a piece of the world, but the world itself, and next to the glory of God, the reason why there is a world.
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All occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons.
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