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Language Quotes by John Donne
- All mankind is one volume. When one man dies, a chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language. And…
- When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
- All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated…
- All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated…
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