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

Quote by John Donne

Topics: John Donne Quotes

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally ;If our two loves be one, or thou and...

Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally ;If our two loves be one, or thou and...

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 observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

I'm not scared of dyin', and I don't really care if it's peace you find...

I'm not scared of dyin', and I don't really care if it's peace you find...

Last night I had the strangest dream I ever dreamed before I dreamed...

Last night I had the strangest dream ~~ I ever dreamed before ~~ I dreamed...

There is no way to peace, peace is the way.

There is no way to peace, peace is the way.

There was never a good war or a bad peace.

There was never a good war or a bad peace.