Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Quote by John Donne

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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.

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...

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...

Sleep is pain's easiest salve, and doth fulfill all the offices of death, except to...

Sleep is pain's easiest salve, and doth fulfill all the offices of death, except to...

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

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

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

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

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say,...

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say,...

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.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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;...

Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name.

Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name.

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making...

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making...

We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.

We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.

To always be loved one must ever be agreeable.

To always be loved one must ever be agreeable.

But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever

But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever