I shall not live ’till I see God; and when I have seen Him, I shall never die.
JOHN DONNELove 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.
More John Donne Quotes
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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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If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee.
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No man is an island unto himself.
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Take me to you, imprison me, for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.
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I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.
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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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Nature hath no goal though she hath law.
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Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.
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All occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons.
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Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
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To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.
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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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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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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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Festive alcohol sometimes leads to an excess of honesty.
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