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Friends are ourselves.

John Donne

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John Donne
Died: 1631
Died: March 31
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To a large degree, since the beginning of time, charisma or the lack of it has impacted upon those in quest of acclaim. As media expands, this has become ever more vital. Thus, demeanor if unappealing, can defeat one's likelihood of success, causing the death of prospects whilst they are still embryonic.
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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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God himself took a day to rest in, and a good man's grave is his Sabbath.
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Who are a little wise the best fools be.
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we give each other a smile with a future in it
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In heaven it is always autumn.
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To an incompetent judge I must not lie, but I may be silent to a competent I must answer.
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Oft from new truths, and new phrase, new doubts grow, As strange attire aliens the men we know.
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Since you would save none of me, I bury some of you.
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To rage, to lust, to write to, to commend, All is the purlieu of the god of love.
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Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
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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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One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more Death, thou shalt die.
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There is no health physicians say that we, at best, enjoy but neutrality.
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Man hath weaved out a net, and this net throwne upon the Heavens, and now they are his own.
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All whom war, dearth, age, agues, tyrannies, Despair, law, chance, hath slain.
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That soul that can reflect upon itself, consider itself, is more than so.
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Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
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Nature hath no goal though she hath law.
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