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Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.

John Donne

How imperfect is all our knowledge!
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Knowledge Ourselves Perfection
Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
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Bell God
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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Endurance Expansion Gold Myself Soul
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
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Continent Man Piece
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.
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Creature Glory God Man Pieces Reason World
Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
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Friendship Happiness One Liner Share
Love’s mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.
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Body Book Grow Love Mystery Soul
If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee.
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Beautiful Desire Dreams Myself See
Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.
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Hell Solitude Threat
So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us often.
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Affect Angel Flame Voice
I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we lov’d?
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Life Love Myself Wonder
Who are a little wise the best fools be.
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Best Fools One Liner Wisdom
God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.
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God Justice Pieces Sick Translation War
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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Gift God Happiness Heart Love
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.
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Enemy Exception Friendship God Love Man Myself Vice
All occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons.
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Invitation Mercy Occasion Sesaon Time

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