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The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.
John Donne
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John Donne
Died: 1631
Died: March 31
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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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Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915 Our critical day is not the very day of our death, but the whole course of our life I thank him, that prays for me when my bell tolls but I thank him much more, that catechizes me, or preaches to me, or instructs me how to live.
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All whom war, dearth, age, agues, tyrannies, Despair, law, chance, hath slain.
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