If we consider eternity, into that time never entered; eternity is not an everlasting flux of time, but time is as a short parenthesis in a long period; and eternity had been the same as it is, though time had never been.
JOHN DONNEI sing the progress of a deathless soul.
More John Donne Quotes
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Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
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I am a little world made cunningly.
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Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
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Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks.
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Sleep with clean hands, either kept clean all day by integrity or washed clean at night by repentance.
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When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
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Who are a little wise the best fools be.
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Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.
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Love is strong as death; but nothing else is as strong as either; and both, love and death, met in Christ. How strong and powerful upon you, then, should that instruction be, that comes to you from both these, the love and death of Jesus Christ!
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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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All occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons.
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I sing the progress of a deathless soul.
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A man that is not afraid of a Lion is afraid of a Cat .
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More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
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Festive alcohol sometimes leads to an excess of honesty.
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