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Oft from new truths, and new phrase, new doubts grow, As strange attire aliens the men we know.
John Donne
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John Donne
Died: 1631
Died: March 31
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Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings.
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Religion is not a melancholy, the spirit of God is not a damper.
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Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?
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Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.
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And dare love that, and say so too, And forget the He and She.
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My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, And true plain hearts do in the faces rest Where can we find two better hemispheres, Without sharp north, without declining west? Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally If our two loves be one, or, thou and I Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die.
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If every gnat that flies were an archangel, all that could but tell me that there is a God and the poorest worm that creeps tells me that.
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Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it. No man hath affliction enough that is not matured and ripened by it and made fit for God.
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Send home my long strayed eyes to me, Which (Oh) too long have dwelt on thee.
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As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.
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No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.
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O Lord, never suffer us to think that we can stand by ourselves, and not need thee.
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The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.
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Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks.
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There is nothing that God hath established in a constant course of nature, and which therefore is done every day, but would seem a Miracle, and exercise our admiration, if it were done but once.
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