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 DONNEO Lord, never suffer us to think that we can stand by ourselves, and not need thee.
More John Donne Quotes
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Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.
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God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.
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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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Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
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I am a little world made cunningly.
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No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
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Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
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More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
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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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A man that is not afraid of a Lion is afraid of a Cat .
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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.
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For love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere.
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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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God is so omnipresent. God is an angel in an angel, and a stone in a stone, and a straw in a straw.
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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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