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.
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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As soon as there was two there was pride.
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Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.
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Who are a little wise the best fools be.
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Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
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For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love.
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God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.
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Be more than man, or thou’rt less than an ant.
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No man is an island unto himself.
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How imperfect is all our knowledge!
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Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.
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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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And what is so intricate, so entangling as death? Who ever got out of a winding sheet?
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I sing the progress of a deathless soul.
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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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All occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons.
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