I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we lov’d?
JOHN DONNEAny 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.
More John Donne Quotes
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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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How imperfect is all our knowledge!
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So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us often.
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How much shall I be changed, before I am changed!
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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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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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For love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere.
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Love is strong as death; but nothing else is as strong as either; and both, love and death, met in Christ. How strong and powerful upon you, then, should that instruction be, that comes to you from both these, the love and death of Jesus Christ!
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Friends are ourselves.
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Art is the most passionate orgy within man’s grasp.
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Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
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Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.
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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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As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it the quiet of families to have their chancery and their parliament within doors, and to compose and determine all emergent differences there.
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All occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons.
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