Whoever loves, if he do not propose the right true end of love, he's one that goes to sea for nothing but to make him sick

Quote by John Donne

Topics: Love Quotes

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art...

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art...

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

Be your own palace, or the world is your jail.

Be your own palace, or the world is your jail.

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

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

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...

No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a...

No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a...

I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.

I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say,...

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say,...

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

Ride ten thousand days and nights, Till age snow white hairs on thee.

Ride ten thousand days and nights, Till age snow white hairs on thee.

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal...

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal...

Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.

Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.

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...

I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.

I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the...

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the...

I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and...

I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and...

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...

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

Since you would save none of me, I bury some of you.

Since you would save none of me, I bury some of you.

I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry.

I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry.