Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.

Quote by John Donne

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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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by...

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by...

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

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

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

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

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

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art...

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art...

As soon as there was two there was pride

As soon as there was two there was pride

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.

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...

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,...

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;...

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

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...