I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose of perpetually keeping it: for then it is a most inhumane vice. - But I call that Virginity…

Quote by John Donne

Topics: Chastity Quotes

Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally ;If our two loves be one, or thou and...

Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally ;If our two loves be one, or thou and...

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send...

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send...

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven

Imagine God to be at play with us, but a gamester...

Imagine God to be at play with us, but a gamester...

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by...

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by...

As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it...

As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it...

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.

As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it...

As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it...

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.

Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure...

Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure...

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated...

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated...

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

Love is the only angel, who can bid the gates unroll, and when he comes...

Love is the only angel, who can bid the gates unroll, and when he comes...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

My sisters have taught me how to live.

My sisters have taught me how to live.