Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings.
JOHN DONNEThere 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.
More John Donne Quotes
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I sing the progress of a deathless soul.
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God affords no man the comfort, the false comfort of Atheism: He will not allow a pretending Atheist the power to flatter himself, so far, as to seriously think there is no God.
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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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True joy is the earnest which we have of heaven, it is the treasure of the soul, and therefore should be laid in a safe place, and nothing in this world is safe to place it in.
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I shall not live ’till I see God; and when I have seen Him, I shall never die.
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Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
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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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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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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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Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
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How imperfect is all our knowledge!
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God is so omnipresent. God is an angel in an angel, and a stone in a stone, and a straw in a straw.
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Nature’s great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.
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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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Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.
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