"I wonder by my troth, what thou, and……" — John Donne
"I wonder by my troth, what thou, and I Did, till we loved? were we not weaned till then? But sucked on country pleasures, childishly? Or snorted we in the seven sleepers' den?"
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223 Quotes by John Donne
John Donne has 223 quotes on this site.
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For love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere
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Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
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Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.
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If I lose at play, I blaspheme; if my fellow loses, he blasphemes. So, God is always the loser.
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Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
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At most, the greatest persons are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightful conversation, but as morals…
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That which attempts to elevate the ugly to the level of beauty becomes neither; but an obscenity.
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Chastity is not chastity in an old man, but a disability to be unchaste.
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As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else.
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How many times go we to comedies, to masques, to places of great and noble resort, nay even to church…
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Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings.
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Enjoyment always has a spoiling, otherwise it cannot be so.
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More Childishly Quotes
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[The papists] ought to have sympathy with us weak, poor Christians, and not condemn us or make fun of us…
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In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind,…
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I do find life difficult at times … and I behave childishly too, do foolish things, unworthy … I don't…
— Alison Uttley
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I had grown accustomed to life being interesting and adventure ridden and, rather childishly, I refused to believe that this…
— J. Maarten Troost
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Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly…
— Criss Jami
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The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to…
— Mortimer Adler
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You're alive!" Fezzik cried. The man in black sat immobile, like a ventriloquist's dummy, just his mouth moving. "That is…
— William Goldman
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Sometimes we have to ignore our own feelings. Think of them as only feelings. They are not always true. Devils…
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