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John Donne Quotes: Verse hath a middle nature: heaven keeps souls, The grave keeps bodies, verse the fame enrols.
         

Verse hath a middle nature: heaven keeps souls, The grave keeps bodies, verse the fame enrols.


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No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.

No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.



No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.



Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.



Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.



Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?



Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.



What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?



Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.



More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.



When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.





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Yeah, well, when they say ‘You know it’s a long way, don’t you?’ what they really mean is: ‘You know it’d be faster if you just rode a kangaroo, don’t you?



I wash the clothes, rinse them and then scrub them again. Will that square little box do that? I am not using any fancy machines when my hands will do.

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When your suffering is a little greater than my suffering I feel that I am a little cruel.

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Let our opportunities overshadow our grievances.

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We do not start as dust. We do not end as dust. We make more than dust. That's all we ask of you. Make more than dust.

We do not start as dust. We do not end as dust. We make more than dust. That's all we ask of you. Make more than dust.



Media turned against Israel was a gradual process. And it has gotten worse over the years. I think the main development was the 1982 Lebanon War.

Media turned against Israel was a gradual process. And it has gotten worse over the years. I think the main development was the 1982 Lebanon War.



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When Jesus got the big questions, he didn't present arguments. He presented himself.

When Jesus got the big questions, he didn't present arguments. He presented himself.



Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are the plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and knave.

Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are the plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and knave.



Take opera for example - to go to the opera you have to dress up in a tuxedo and pay lots of money.

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