I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and his Angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his Angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a…

Quote by John Donne

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

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

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.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

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...

As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all...

As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all...

Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally ;If our two loves be one, or thou and...

Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally ;If our two loves be one, or thou and...

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

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

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

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

We asked none leave to love; nor will we owe Any, so cheap a death,...

We asked none leave to love; nor will we owe Any, so cheap a death,...

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...

All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one...

All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one...

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

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...

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

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

Be your own palace, or the world is your jail.

Be your own palace, or the world is your jail.

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...

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.

Death belongs to life as birth does. The walk is in the raising of the...

Death belongs to life as birth does. The walk is in the raising of the...

You are time. Foul time, who steals the gold from a maiden's hair and takes...

You are time. Foul time, who steals the gold from a maiden's hair and takes...

The man consummating his life dies his death triumphantly, surrounded by men filled with hope...

The man consummating his life dies his death triumphantly, surrounded by men filled with hope...