Quotes about John Donne

For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love.

#John Donne

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.

#John Donne

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art...

#John Donne

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

#John Donne

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

#John Donne

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call...

#John Donne

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

#John Donne

And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out;...

#John Donne

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

#John Donne

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

#John Donne

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated...

#John Donne

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

#John Donne