All John Donne Quotes
- Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me. Canst
- O Lord, never suffer us to think that we can stand by ourselves, and not need thee. Lord
- Sleep with clean hands, either kept clean all day by integrity or washed clean at night by repentance. All
- Nature hath no goal though she hath law. Goal
- Take me to you, imprison me, for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, except you ravish me. Chaste
- God affords no man the comfort, the false comfort of Atheism: He will not allow a pretending Atheist the power to flatter himself, so far,… Affords
- Send home my long strayed eyes to me, Which (Oh) too long have dwelt on thee. Dwelt
- And when a whirl-winde hath blowne the dust of the Churchyard into the Church, and man sweeps out the dust of the Church into the… Blowne
- It is too little to call man a little world; Except God, man is a diminutive to nothing. Call
- What if this present were the world's last night? Last
- Oh do not die, for I shall hate All women so, when thou art gone. All
- I would not that death should take me asleep. I would not have him merely seize me, and only declare me to be dead, but… Asleep
- Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys. All
- But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner. Executioner
- How great love is, presence best trial makes, But absence tries how long this love will be. Absence
- Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it. No man hath affliction enough that is not matured and ripened by it… Affliction
- I neglect God and his angles for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door. Angle
- Between cowardice and despair, valour is gendred. Courage
- Christ beats his drum, but he does not press men; Christ is served with voluntaries. Beats
- Our faults are not seen, But past us; neither felt, but only in The punishment. Faults
- If every gnat that flies were an archangel, all that could but tell me that there is a God; and the poorest worm that creeps… All
- Good is not good, unless A thousand it possess, But doth waste with greediness. Doth
- The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms. Alms
- To an incompetent judge I must not lie, but I may be silent; to a competent I must answer. Answer
- All our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death. All