Memorable John Donne Quotes

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"I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I / Did, till we loved?"
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"No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved."
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"Batter my heart, three-personed God; for, you / As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend."
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"If ever two were one, then surely we. / If ever man were loved by wife, then thee."
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"He that fears death, fears to lose the life of life."
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"I am a little world made cunningly of elements, and an angelic sprite; / My soul and body, they are like an egg."
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"Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks / Within his bending sickle's compass come."
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"As sex is to the body, so is poetry to the soul."
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"This is my play's last scene; here heavens appoint my pilgrim's station."
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"Let us love nobly, and live and retire; / With love, our soul and spirit, never to expire."
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"I have a little son, whose name is John."
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"The sun rising."
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"No man is an island, entire of itself; / Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."
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"I think the greatest part of love is this -- that it is a heart that loves and a heart that loves back."
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"But I must not give way to weakness."
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"Nobody can be mighty for the divine; but there is one in all our lives."
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"What is past is prologue."
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"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind."
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"Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for you / As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend."
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"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning; as virtuous men pass mildly away."
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"Our love is not so pure, and hence we are not pure."
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"He that is with me and will not be with me, shall suffer."
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"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?"
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"A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?"
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"The slightest strain when we are bent... is enough to break the heart."
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"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a part of the main."
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"I am a little world made cunningly of elements, and an angelic sprite; but both are wrong."
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"I know the ways of men, how all are true, but with falsest of hopes."
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"Your soul is the root of my love, for ours is one love."
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"Love's mysteries in souls do sit."
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"I oft invok'd thee with a sigh"
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"As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was going to happen."
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"And that I shall not see my soul, nor love, nor light, nor life."
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"The canonization of these thoughts would be a sin against their greatness."
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"I think that if you can carry all that is in your heart to me, you must be very happy."
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"Each man, in his own mind, is a creator"
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"The sun is a stranger to darkness; such is the nature of love."
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"In a few hours we will thank either one another or ourselves for what we do."
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"All for love, love for one."
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"Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for, you / As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend."
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"Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind."
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"I wonder by my troth, what thou and I did, till we loved?"
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"Love’s mysteries in the heavens lie; / I cannot know, but I believe."
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"He that fears death, fears to lose the life of his own, and fears to lose the loss of his life."
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"I am a little world made cunningly of elements, and an angelic soul."
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"A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning: If they be two, they are two so / As stiff twin compasses are two."
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"I can accomplish things that a vast army cannot; for I am private, but they are public."
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"Love is the magnet of the heart, the cream of the soul."
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"Be not the first by whom the new is tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside."
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"As virtuous men pass mildly away, / And whisper to their souls to go."
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"The Ecstasy, where heart and soul unite."
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"The world is but a carcass; the soul quits it."
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"No man is an island; / Deny that your are a man, and then you become a god."
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"To my dear and loving husband, / I pray that we may die together."
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"I am at a distance from my thoughts, take your ducats, and come and go."
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"The sun is not the only one that shines."
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"I would not have you to be an island; I would have you know it is against nature."
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"Thou art the compass that guides my heart."
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"We are all part of the whole, one and the same."
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"If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love’s sake only."
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"For whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee."
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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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"Love's mysteries in souls do grow, but yet the body is his book."
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"Batter my heart, three-personed God; for, you as yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend."
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"The good-morrow."
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"A valediction: Forbidding mourning."
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"All pastors and teachers should be able to apply their knowledge of theology to practical matters."
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"The more true a thing is, the less it can be spoken."
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"I know my soul hath power to know all things."
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"As embryos we have power to know the past, we see with new eyes all that we have lost."
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"Doubt thou the stars are fire; doubt that the sun doth move; doubt truth to be a liar; but never doubt I love."
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"God is a god of order and can never be the author of confusion."
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"He that fears death, fears to lose the life of a man; but he that fears death shall not be seen of the Lord."
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"The soul is not in the body, but the body is in the soul."
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"Love's not love, when it is mingled with regards that stand aloof from the entire motive of love."
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"A fever is an irregularity in the heat of the body, so love is an irregularity in the heat of the heart."
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"I am two fools, I know; for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry."
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"As our bodies, so our souls, grow in the company of others; they serve within the church, and are fed within that church."
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"He who is not jealous is not in love."
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"If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever."
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"Since I am coming to that holy room, where, with thy ancestors, you may be found."
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"Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so."
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"For whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee."
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"Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee."
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"Meditation 17: No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."
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"Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds."
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"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."
John Donne
"I wonder by my troth, what thou and I did, till we loved."
John Donne
"Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for you as yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend."
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"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose."
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"The sun is a great god, and I will worship it."
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"If they be two, they are two so as though they were one."
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"Death is but a shortcut to God."
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"A valediction: Forbidding Mourning: Let us melt, and make no noise."
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"He that would be a good reader, must be a good thinker."
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"The first stanza of a poem should be a feast, and the last stanza a prayer."
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"Love's mysteries in souls do grow, but yet the body is his glow."
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"Think of these things, you that do see, the man that is my friend may be, but I am one that cannot see."
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"New philosophy calls all in doubt; the element of fire is quite put out."
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"I am a little world made cunningly of elements, and an angelic sprite; my house is a great work."
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"Let us love nobly, and live and pray and tell old tales and drink old wine."
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"It can never be the same to me, to live a thousand years in absolute peace."
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"All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book."
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"If any man can show you what is the cause of the love between us, he shall be as wise as Solomon."
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"Decrepit old age catches up with all of us, even those who are still young at heart."
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"A good poet is a good observer."
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"The greatest tragedy in life is not death but life without purpose."
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