Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
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. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
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. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run? John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
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. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0
No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face. John Donne British Poet More John Donne Quotes 0