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

Quote by John Donne

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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;...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the...

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the...

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...

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

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,...

As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some...

As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some...

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

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

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

Poetry is a counterfeit creation, and makes things that are not, as though they were

Poetry is a counterfeit creation, and makes things that are not, as though they were

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...

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...

And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and...

And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and...

I cannot conceive such a Being could make such a Species as the human, merely...

I cannot conceive such a Being could make such a Species as the human, merely...

Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death

Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism