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John Donne

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.
JOHN DONNE

Despair Heaven Hell Joy
How great love is, presence best trial makes, But absence tries how long this love will be.
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Absence Greatness Love Presence
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
Be more than man, or thou’rt less than an ant.
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Animal Man Worth Yourself
I am a little world made cunningly.
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Build Myself One Liner World
I sing the progress of a deathless soul.
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Death Myself One Liner Progress Sing Soul
The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.
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Gift Heaven Material Poor Rich
Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.
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Hell Solitude Threat
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
One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
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Death Forever Past Short Sleep Wake Up
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
I count all that part of my life lost which I spent not in communion with God, or in doing good.
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Count God Goodness Life Myself
All occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons.
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Invitation Mercy Occasion Sesaon Time
How much shall I be changed, before I am changed!
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Change Deep Myself
Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
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Friendship Happiness One Liner Share
Who are a little wise the best fools be.
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Best Fools One Liner Wisdom

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