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Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

John Donne

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John Donne
Died: 1631
Died: March 31
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That thou remember them, some claim as debt I think it mercy, if thou wilt forget.
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And dare love that, and say so too, And forget the He and She.
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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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