Quote

ask not for whom the bell tolls it tolls for thee

John Donne

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

John Donne
Died: 1631
Died: March 31
Lawyer
Pastor
Poet
Politician
Songwriter
Translator
Writer
London
England
Very Rev. John Donne
Grief
Mankind
Asks
Bereavement
Death
Tolls
Congregation
Bell
Bells
Thee

More quotes by John Donne

Image
Enjoyment always has a spoiling, otherwise it cannot be so.
John Donne
Image
Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
John Donne
Image
Men are sponges, which, to pour out, receive Who know false play, rather than lose, deceive. For in best understandings sin began, Angels sinn'd first, then devils, and then man. Only perchance beasts sin not wretched we Are beasts in all but white integrity.
John Donne
Image
To a large degree, since the beginning of time, charisma or the lack of it has impacted upon those in quest of acclaim. As media expands, this has become ever more vital. Thus, demeanor if unappealing, can defeat one's likelihood of success, causing the death of prospects whilst they are still embryonic.
John Donne
Image
Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys.
John Donne
Image
Of all the commentaries on the Scriptures, good examples are the best.
John Donne
Image
Friends are ourselves.
John Donne
Image
My world's both parts, and 'o! Both parts must die.
John Donne
Image
Death, thou shalt die.
John Donne
Image
Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.
John Donne
Image
So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, Angels affect us often.
John Donne
Image
The flea, though he kill none, he does all the harm he can.
John Donne
Image
Be more than man, or thou'rt less than an ant.
John Donne
Image
When God's hand is bent to strike, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God but to fall out of the hands of the living God is a horror beyond our expression, beyond our imagination.
John Donne
Image
Religion is not a melancholy, the spirit of God is not a damper.
John Donne
Image
God himself took a day to rest in, and a good man's grave is his Sabbath.
John Donne
Image
It is too little to call man a little world Except God, man is a diminutive to nothing.
John Donne
Image
To rage, to lust, to write to, to commend, All is the purlieu of the god of love.
John Donne
Image
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.
John Donne
Image
We love and understand talent we wish it be within us. The truly gifted, those exceptional few, must wait for the world to catch up.
John Donne