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The distance from nothing to a little, is ten thousand times more, than from it to the highest degree in this life.
John Donne
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John Donne
Died: 1631
Died: March 31
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God made sun and moon to distinguish the seasons, and day and night and we cannot have the fruits of the earth but in their seasons. But God hath made no decrees to distinguish the seasons of His mercies. In Paradise the fruits were ripe the first minute, and in heaven it is always autumn. His mercies are ever in their maturity.
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