Who are a little wise the best fools be.
JOHN DONNEDespair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.
More John Donne Quotes
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I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and his Angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his Angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.
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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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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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Death is an ascension to a better library.
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Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
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One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
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To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.
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Thy face is mine eye, and mine is thine.
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O Lord, never suffer us to think that we can stand by ourselves, and not need thee.
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No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
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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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Then love is sin, and let me sinful be.
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For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love.
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We give each other a smile with a future in it.
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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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