There is nothing that God hath established in a constant course of nature, and which therefore is done every day, but would seem a Miracle, and exercise our admiration, if it were done but once.
JOHN DONNEFestive alcohol sometimes leads to an excess of honesty.
More John Donne Quotes
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The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.
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For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love.
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I count all that part of my life lost which I spent not in communion with God, or in doing good.
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Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
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How much shall I be changed, before I am changed!
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Then love is sin, and let me sinful be.
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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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No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.
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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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We give each other a smile with a future in it.
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All occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons.
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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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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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Nature hath no goal though she hath law.
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