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

Quote by John Donne

Topics: Art Quotes, Passion Quotes

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

Ll our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death.

Ll our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death.

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...

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

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

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

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

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the...

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the...

As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all...

As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all...

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...

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

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

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

God himself took a day to rest in, and a good man's grave is his...

God himself took a day to rest in, and a good man's grave is his...

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

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...

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

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

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

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.