British - Poet | 1572 - March 31, 1631
And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it.
John Donne
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Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
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Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.
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Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.
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I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.
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Since you would save none of me, I bury some of you.
MeYouWouldNoneSaveSome
Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.
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He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.
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As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.
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But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.
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Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
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The day breaks not, it is my heart.
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