Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.
JOHN DONNEAsk not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
More John Donne Quotes
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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.
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No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.
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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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A man that is not afraid of a Lion is afraid of a Cat .
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And what is so intricate, so entangling as death? Who ever got out of a winding sheet?
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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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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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Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.
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Reason is our soul’s left hand, Faith her right, By these we reach divinity
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So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us often.
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If I dream I have you, I have you, for all our joys are but fantastical.
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Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.
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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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Without outward declarations, who can conclude an inward love?
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Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks.
JOHN DONNE