There is hook in every benefit, that sticks in his jaws that takes that benefit, and draws him whither the benefactor will.
JOHN DONNEHow much shall I be changed, before I am changed!
More John Donne Quotes
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Art is the most passionate orgy within man’s grasp.
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There is nothing that God hath established in a constant course of nature, and which therefore is done every day, but would seem a Miracle, and exercise our admiration, if it were done but once.
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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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A man that is not afraid of a Lion is afraid of a Cat .
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How much shall I be changed, before I am changed!
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Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
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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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Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.
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Nature’s great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.
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As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else.
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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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Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.
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Take me to you, imprison me, for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.
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Our two souls therefore which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat.
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Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
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