Quotes from John Donne
No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were . . .
- John Donne
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.
- John Donne
One short sleep past will wake eternally And death shall be no more Death thou shalt die.
- John Donne
Death be not proud though some have called Thee Mighty and dreadful for thou art not so.
- John Donne
Let not thy divining heart Forethink me any ill; Destiny may take thy part, And may thy fears fulfill.
- John Donne
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.
- John Donne
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.
- John Donne
More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
- John Donne
And who understands? Not me, because if I did I would forgive it all.
- John Donne
Yet nothing can to nothing fall, Nor any place be empty quite; Therefore I think my breast hath all Those pieces still, though they be not unite; And now, as broken glasses show A hundred lesser faces, so My rags of heart can like, wish, and adore, But after one such love, can love no more.
- John Donne
Death is an ascension to a better library.
- John Donne
Then love is sin, and let me sinful be.
- John Donne