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John Donne

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John Donne
Died: 1631
Died: March 31
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Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys.
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That subtle knot which makes us man So must pure lovers souls descend T affections, and to faculties, Which sense may reach and apprehend, Else a great Prince in prison lies.
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When my mouth shall be filled with dust, and the worm shall feed, and feed sweetly upon me, when the ambitious man shall have no satisfaction if the poorest alive tread upon him, nor the poorest receive any contentment in being made equal to princes, for they shall be equal but in dust.
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That soul that can reflect upon itself, consider itself, is more than so.
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God employs several translators some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.
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The flea, though he kill none, he does all the harm he can.
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How many times go we to comedies, to masques, to places of great and noble resort, nay even to church only to see the company.
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The difference between the reason of man and the instinct of the beast is this, that the beast does but know, but the man knows that he knows.
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Friends are ourselves.
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But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.
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Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
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Tis true, 'tis day what though it be? O wilt thou therefore rise from me? Why should we rise, because 'tis light? Did we lie down, because 'twas night? Love which in spite of darkness brought us hither Should in despite of light keep us together.
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I shall not live 'till I see God and when I have seen Him, I shall never die.
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True joy is the earnest which we have of heaven, it is the treasure of the soul, and therefore should be laid in a safe place, and nothing in this world is safe to place it in.
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And dare love that, and say so too, And forget the He and She.
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Enjoyment always has a spoiling, otherwise it cannot be so.
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Man hath weaved out a net, and this net throwne upon the Heavens, and now they are his own.
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What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?
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