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

Quote by John Donne

Topics: Art Quotes, Passion Quotes

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much...

I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much...

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call...

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call...

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;...

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.

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...

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

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...

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the...

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the...

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size...

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size...

As we grow older together, As we continue to change with age, There is one...

As we grow older together, As we continue to change with age, There is one...