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