Who are a little wise the best fools be.
JOHN DONNEDoth not a man die even in his birth? The breaking of prison is death, and what is our birth, but a breaking of prison?
More John Donne Quotes
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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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So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us often.
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To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.
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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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Only our love hath no decay; this, no tomorrow hath, nor yesterday, running it never runs from us away, but truly keeps his first, last, everlasting day.
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Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.
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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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Friends are ourselves.
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Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
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In heaven it is always autumn.
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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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A man that is not afraid of a Lion is afraid of a Cat .
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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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