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.
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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There is nothing that God hath established in a constant course of nature, and which therefore is done every day, but would seem a Miracle, and exercise our admiration, if it were done but once.
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Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.
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Be more than man, or thou’rt less than an ant.
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There is hook in every benefit, that sticks in his jaws that takes that benefit, and draws him whither the benefactor will.
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In heaven it is always autumn.
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In the first minute that my soul is infused, the Image of God is imprinted in my soul; so forward is God in my behalf, and so early does he visit me.
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Thy face is mine eye, and mine is thine.
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We give each other a smile with a future in it.
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Who are a little wise the best fools be.
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Nature’s great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.
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Art is the most passionate orgy within man’s grasp.
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I sing the progress of a deathless soul.
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What if this present were the world’s last night?
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Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
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