I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.
JOHN DONNEI shall not live ’till I see God; and when I have seen Him, I shall never die.
More John Donne Quotes
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Who are a little wise the best fools be.
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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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As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else.
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I am a little world made cunningly.
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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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Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
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Death is an ascension to a better library.
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Then love is sin, and let me sinful be.
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Friends are ourselves.
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Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
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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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And what is so intricate, so entangling as death? Who ever got out of a winding sheet?
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Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.
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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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Nature’s great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.
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