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 into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated...As therefore the bell that…

Quote by John Donne

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As soon as there was two there was pride

As soon as there was two there was pride

Love is agrowing, to full constant light; and his first minute, after noon, is night.

Love is agrowing, to full constant light; and his first minute, after noon, is night.

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

We asked none leave to love; nor will we owe Any, so cheap a death,...

We asked none leave to love; nor will we owe Any, so cheap a death,...

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

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...

Whoever loves, if he do not propose the right true end of love, he's one...

Whoever loves, if he do not propose the right true end of love, he's one...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love.

For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love.

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out;...

And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out;...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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