Quotes from John Donne
Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks.
- John Donne
And to 'scape stormy days, I choose an everlasting night.
- John Donne
Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.
- John Donne
Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.
- John Donne
In Heaven, it is always Autumn.
- John Donne
Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls; For, thus friends absent speak.
- John Donne
Reason is our soul's left hand Faith her right. By this we reach divinity.
- John Donne
When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
- John Donne
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.
- John Donne
God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.
- John Donne
More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
- John Donne
Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be profaned on either part, for though 'Tis got by chance, 'Tis kept by art.
- John Donne