One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
JOHN DONNEIf I dream I have you, I have you, for all our joys are but fantastical.
More John Donne Quotes
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I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so.
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I sing the progress of a deathless soul.
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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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Art is the most passionate orgy within man’s grasp.
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No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
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So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us often.
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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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Doth not a man die even in his birth? The breaking of prison is death, and what is our birth, but a breaking of prison?
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How much shall I be changed, before I am changed!
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Who are a little wise the best fools be.
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We give each other a smile with a future in it.
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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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More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
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Be more than man, or thou’rt less than an ant.
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Reason is our soul’s left hand, Faith her right, By these we reach divinity
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