Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.
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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Be more than man, or thou’rt less than an ant.
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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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How much shall I be changed, before I am changed!
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More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
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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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If I dream I have you, I have you, for all our joys are but fantastical.
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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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Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
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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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Our critical day is not the very day of our death; but the whole course of our life.
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Who are a little wise the best fools be.
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Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
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Love’s mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.
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We give each other a smile with a future in it.
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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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