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If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee.

John Donne

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

Better Book Death Language Man Translation
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 DONNE

Art Hard Love Sick Sweet Treasure
And what is so intricate, so entangling as death? Who ever got out of a winding sheet?
JOHN DONNE

Death Delicate Escape Wind
I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so.
JOHN DONNE

Fools Love Myself Talk
To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.
JOHN DONNE

Body One Liner Worth
Art is the most passionate orgy within man’s grasp.
JOHN DONNE

Art Compassionate Hold Man
Take me to you, imprison me, for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.
JOHN DONNE

Exception Freedom Prison Yourself
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.
JOHN DONNE

Break Breathe Force God Heart Myself Rise Seek
Poetry is a counterfeit creation, and makes things that are not, as though they were.
JOHN DONNE

Art Build Creation Poetry
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
JOHN DONNE

Continent Man Piece
Be more than man, or thou’rt less than an ant.
JOHN DONNE

Animal Man Worth Yourself
Festive alcohol sometimes leads to an excess of honesty.
JOHN DONNE

Alcohol Drink Honesty Leadership
Friends are ourselves.
JOHN DONNE

Friendship One Liner Ourselves
To know and feel all this and not have the words to express it makes a human a grave of his own thoughts.
JOHN DONNE

Expression Feeling Grave Human Thinking Word
A man that is not afraid of a Lion is afraid of a Cat .
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Afraid Animal Fear Man
Who are a little wise the best fools be.
JOHN DONNE

Best Fools One Liner Wisdom

If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee.

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