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"21 John Donne Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 22 January 1572. Died: 31 March 1631 | poet | scholar | soldier | Cleric |

Death is an ascension to a better library.

Death Ascension Library
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Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet

Wicked Worse Indiscreet
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Love is a growing, or full constant light, And his first minute, after noon, is night.

Love Growing Light Night
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No man is an island

Man Island
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All other things to their destruction draw, Only our love hath no decay...

Things Destruction Love Decay
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Any man's death diminishes me, for I am involved with mankind

Man's Death Diminishes Mankind
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Doubt wisely; in strange way To stand inquiring right, is not to stray; To sleep, or run wrong, is.

Doubt Strange Right Wrong
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Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so

Death Proud Mighty Dreadful
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Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

Palace World's Jail
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More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

Kisses Letter Mingle Souls
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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

Feel Words Human Thoughts
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Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.

Nature Masterpiece Harmless Great
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Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book

Love's Soul Grow Body
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That soul that can reflect upon itself, consider itself, is more than so.

Soul Reflect Itself Consider
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I am a little world made cunningly.

Little World Cunningly
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Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right, By these we reach divinity

Reason Soul's Faith Divinity
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If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee

Beauty Desired Got Dream
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If our two loves be one, or, thou and I Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die.

Love Alike Slacken Die
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He that desires to print a book, should much more desire, to be a book.

Desires Book
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Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

Art Passionate Man's Grasp
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Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Love Beauty Dies
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John Donne Quotes & Sayings