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

Quote by John Donne

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

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

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...

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

As soon as there was two there was pride

As soon as there was two there was pride

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

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

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...

Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure...

Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure...

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...

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...

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;...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

The day breaks not, it is my heart.