No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
JOHN DONNEFor God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love.
More John Donne Quotes
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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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Nature’s great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.
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No man is an island unto himself.
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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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In heaven it is always autumn.
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Be more than man, or thou’rt less than an ant.
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To know and feel all this and not have the words to express it makes a human a grave of his own thoughts.
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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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The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.
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Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
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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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Without outward declarations, who can conclude an inward love?
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Friends are ourselves.
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All occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons.
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Sleep with clean hands, either kept clean all day by integrity or washed clean at night by repentance.
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