John Donne on continent
John Donne86 quotes“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.”
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Batter my heart, three-personed God, for you As yet but knock; breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
John DonneJohn Donne 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 DonneJohn Donne And what is so intricate, so entangling as death? Who ever got out of a winding sheet?
John DonneJohn Donne So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us often.
John DonneJohn Donne Without outward declarations, who can conclude an inward love?
John DonneJohn Donne The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.
John DonneJohn Donne Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys.
John DonneJohn Donne I sing the progress of a deathless soul.
John DonneJohn Donne Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings.
John DonneJohn Donne Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.
John DonneJohn Donne Man is not only a contributory creature, but a total creature; he does not only make one, but he is all; he is not a piece of the world, but the world itself, and next to the glory of God, the reason why there is a world.
John DonneJohn Donne To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.
John DonneJohn Donne If I dream I have you, I have you, for all our joys are but fantastical.
John DonneJohn Donne Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
John DonneJohn Donne As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else.
John DonneJohn Donne Licence my roving hands, and let them go Before, behind, between, above, below.
John DonneJohn Donne
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I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
Queen Elizabeth IIQueen Elizabeth II The Pan-Africanism that envisaged the ideal of wholeness was gradually cut down to the size of a continent, then a nation, a region, an ethnos, a clan, and even a village in some instances But Pan-Africanism has not outlived its mission.
Ngugi wa Thiong'oNgugi wa Thiong'o They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate.
William GoldingWilliam Golding Continents of memory had been lost.
Alan LightmanAlan Lightman Life is a vessel of sadness, but is noble to live life and without time there is no life. Others disagree.
Alan LightmanAlan Lightman A certain traveler who knew many continents was asked what he found most remarkable of all.
Adam ZagajewskiAdam Zagajewski She was too much for you…Pouring her love onto you, she thought she would quench your thirst, but you drowned…She didn’t know your heart was just a shot glass and not a continent.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan It is hoped that by God’s assistance, some of the continents in the Ocean will be discovered for the Glory of God.
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