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As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else.

John Donne

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John Donne
Died: 1631
Died: March 31
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...Whatever dies was not mixed equally, If our two loves be one Or thou and I love so alike That none can slacken, none can die.
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When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
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Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.
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