John Donne quotes - page 6

Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one. (John Donne)
And who understands? Not me, because if I did I would forgive it all. View quote
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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. View quote
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God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice. View quote
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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. View quote
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I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease. View quote
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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. View quote
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The day breaks not, it is my heart. View quote
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As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it the quiet of families to have their chancery and their parliament within doors, and to compose and determine all emergent differences there. View quote
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Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet. View quote
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I am a little world made cunningly. (John Donne)
Nature hath no goal though she hath law. View quote
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new philosophy calls all in doubt, The element of fire is quite put out, The sun is lost, and th'earth, and no man's wit Can well direct him where to look for it. And freely men confess that this world's spent, When in the planets and the firmament They seek so many new; they see that this Is crumbled out again to his atomies. 'Tis all in pieces, all coherence gone, All just supply, and all relation;.. View quote
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