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

Quote by John Donne

Topics: Art Quotes, Passion Quotes

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

As soon as there was two there was pride

As soon as there was two there was pride

My rags of heart can like, wish, and adore, but after one such love can...

My rags of heart can like, wish, and adore, but after one such love can...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space.

But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Poetry is a counterfeit creation, and makes things that are not, as though they were

Poetry is a counterfeit creation, and makes things that are not, as though they were

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

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

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

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,...

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.

A woman's answer is never to seek

A woman's answer is never to seek

A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life,...

A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life,...