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

Quote by John Donne

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Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.

Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.

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...

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space.

But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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 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.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

The day breaks not, it is my heart.