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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.

John Donne

One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
JOHN DONNE

Death Forever Past Short Sleep Wake Up
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.
JOHN DONNE

Establishment God Miracle Nature
Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
JOHN DONNE

Friendship Happiness One Liner Share
Nature hath no goal though she hath law.
JOHN DONNE

Goal Law Nature
I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and his Angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his Angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.
JOHN DONNE

Angel Animal God Invitation Myself Noise Sound
How much shall I be changed, before I am changed!
JOHN DONNE

Change Deep Myself
O Lord, never suffer us to think that we can stand by ourselves, and not need thee.
JOHN DONNE

God Need Stand Suffering Thinking
What if this present were the world’s last night?
JOHN DONNE

End Night Present World
I do not love a man, except I hate his vices, because those vices are the enemies, and the destruction of that friend whom I love.
JOHN DONNE

Enemy Exception Friendship God Love Man Myself Vice
The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.
JOHN DONNE

Gift Heaven Material Poor Rich
How great love is, presence best trial makes, But absence tries how long this love will be.
JOHN DONNE

Absence Greatness Love Presence
I count all that part of my life lost which I spent not in communion with God, or in doing good.
JOHN DONNE

Count God Goodness Life Myself
I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.
JOHN DONNE

Myself Observation Sick
I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so.
JOHN DONNE

Fools Love Myself Talk
In heaven it is always autumn.
JOHN DONNE

Autumn Heaven Season
Death is an ascension to a better library.
JOHN DONNE

Better Death Library

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