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

Quote by John Donne

Topics: Self Sabotage Quotes

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

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.

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...

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...

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

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 built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

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.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

I receive about 10,000 letters a year from readers, and in the first year after...

I receive about 10,000 letters a year from readers, and in the first year after...

In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out...

In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out...

If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.

If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.