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 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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More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
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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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I am a little world made cunningly.
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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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No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
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I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we lov’d?
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Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
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How imperfect is all our knowledge!
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What if this present were the world’s last night?
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Love 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.
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Who are a little wise the best fools be.
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Our critical day is not the very day of our death; but the whole course of our life.
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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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