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John Donne Quotes

British - Poet | 1572 - March 31, 1631

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

Nature Great Elephant Masterpiece

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

Motivational World Jail Palace Own

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

Joy Serenity Hell Heaven Despair

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

Man Island Piece Every Man Every

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

Love Letters More Kisses Than Souls

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.

Beauty Spring Grace Face Summer Nor

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

Beginning Humiliation Sanctification

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

Man Book Language Better Chapter

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

Wicked Worse Than Much Indiscreet

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

Love God Me Tongue Hold Your

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Love Time Days Alike Season Hours

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Fool Sun Busy Seasons Windows Run

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