What if this present were the world’s last night?
JOHN DONNELove 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.
More John Donne Quotes
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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.
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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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No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.
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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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Reason is our soul’s left hand, Faith her right, By these we reach divinity
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I sing the progress of a deathless soul.
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We give each other a smile with a future in it.
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Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
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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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No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
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No man is an island unto himself.
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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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More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
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For love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere.
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Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
JOHN DONNE