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.
JOHN DONNETrue 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.
More John Donne Quotes
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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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Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.
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How much shall I be changed, before I am changed!
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Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
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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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I sing the progress of a deathless soul.
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Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
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Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.
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Nature hath no goal though she hath law.
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So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us often.
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I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.
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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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Death is an ascension to a better library.
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No man is an island unto himself.
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No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.
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