Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

Quote by John Donne

Topics: John Donne Quotes

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,...

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...

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send...

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send...

For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love.

For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love.

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...

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

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

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

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...

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 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...

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

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...

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

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 soon as there was two there was pride

As soon as there was two there was pride

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

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

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...

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

A woman has the age she deserves.

A woman has the age she deserves.

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Theyre talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place thats used by ten or...

Theyre talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place thats used by ten or...