As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it the quiet of families to have their chancery and their parliament within doors, and to compose and determine all emergent differences there

Quote by John Donne

Topics: Family Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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;...

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...

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

All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one...

All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one...

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

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

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal...

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal...

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.

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...

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...

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

As soon as there was two there was pride

As soon as there was two there was pride

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.

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...

Love is the only angel, who can bid the gates unroll, and when he comes...

Love is the only angel, who can bid the gates unroll, and when he comes...

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk...

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk...

An old man loved is winter with flowers.

An old man loved is winter with flowers.