Our critical day is not the very day of our death; but the whole course of our life.
JOHN DONNEThy face is mine eye, and mine is thine.
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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As soon as there was two there was pride.
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Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.
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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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I am a little world made cunningly.
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Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.
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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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How great love is, presence best trial makes, But absence tries how long this love will be.
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Licence my roving hands, and let them go Before, behind, between, above, below.
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Festive alcohol sometimes leads to an excess of honesty.
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I shall not live ’till I see God; and when I have seen Him, I shall never die.
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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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How much shall I be changed, before I am changed!
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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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Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.
JOHN DONNE