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

Quote by John Donne

Topics: Art Quotes, Passion Quotes

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

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

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

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

One short sleep past, we wake eternally, / And death shall be no more; death,...

One short sleep past, we wake eternally, / And death shall be no more; death,...

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;...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

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.

As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some...

As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some...

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...

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

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

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures....

The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures....

I have never been contained except I made the prison.

I have never been contained except I made the prison.