Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Quote by John Donne

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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...

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

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

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

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.

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.

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

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

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,...

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.

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

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...

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

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...

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

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

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.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

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,...

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

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

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...