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 DONNEAs soon as there was two there was pride.
More John Donne Quotes
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As God loves a cheerful giver, so he also loves a cheerful taker. Who takes hold of his gifts with a glad heart.
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More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
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Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.
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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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How great love is, presence best trial makes, But absence tries how long this love will be.
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One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
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Licence my roving hands, and let them go Before, behind, between, above, below.
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There is hook in every benefit, that sticks in his jaws that takes that benefit, and draws him whither the benefactor will.
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How much shall I be changed, before I am changed!
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Festive alcohol sometimes leads to an excess of honesty.
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Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys.
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I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so.
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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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Friends are ourselves.
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I sing the progress of a deathless soul.
JOHN DONNE