I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose of perpetually keeping it: for then it is a most inhumane vice. - But I call that Virginity…

Quote by John Donne

Topics: Chastity Quotes

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.

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...

One short sleep past, we wake eternally, / And death shall be no more; death,...

One short sleep past, we wake eternally, / And death shall be no more; death,...

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...

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.

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

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

Love is the only angel, who can bid the gates unroll, and when he comes...

Love is the only angel, who can bid the gates unroll, and when he comes...

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...

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...

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.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call...

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call...

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,...

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

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

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...

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

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

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

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...

Imagine God to be at play with us, but a gamester...

Imagine God to be at play with us, but a gamester...

Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, o Lord...

Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, o Lord...

Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the...

Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the...