John Donne ✓

(1572–1631) cleric Kingdom of England

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[Wikidata] English poet and cleric (1572-1631)... | [Wikipedia] John Donne was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. Under royal patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London (1621–1631). He is considered the preeminent representative of the metaphysical poe

All John Donne Quotes

• Love is a growing, or full constant light; And his first minute, after noon, is night. Constant
• Without outward declarations, who can conclude an inward love? Conclude
• The distance from nothing to a little, is ten thousand times more, than from it to the highest degree in this life. Degree
• Can there be worse sickness, than to know that we are never well, nor can be so? Inspirational
• Between these two, the denying of sins, which we have done, and the bragging of sins, which we have not done, what a space, what… Bragging
• In best understandings, sin began, Angels sinned first, then Devils, and then Man. Angel
• Be more than man, or thou'rt less than an ant. Ant
• To roam Giddily, and be everywhere but at home, Such freedom doth a banishment become. Banishment
• Though truth and falsehood be Near twins, yet truth a little elder is. Elder
• Oft from new truths, and new phrase, new doubts grow, As strange attire aliens the men we know. Aliens
• Who knows his virtues name or place, hath none. Hath
• Women are like the arts, forced unto none, Open to all searchers, unprized, if unknown. All
• And what is so intricate, so entangling as death? Who ever got out of a winding sheet? Death
• Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes. All
• He that desires to print a book, should much more desire, to be a book. Book
• My world's both parts, and 'o! Both parts must die. Both
• All other things to their destruction draw, Only our love hath no decay... All
• Poor heretics there be,Which think to establish dangerous constancy,But I have told them, ‘Since you will be true,You shall be true to them, who are… Constancy
• As soon as there was two there was pride. Inspirational
• I shall not live 'till I see God; and when I have seen Him, I shall never die. Die
• The flea, though he kill none, he does all the harm he can. All
• 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,… Day
• No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. Brotherhood
• 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… Any
• Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail. Jail

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