Author: John Donne

Quotes

For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love.

For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love.

- John Donne

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

- John Donne

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

- John Donne

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

- John Donne

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.

- 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.

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

Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.

Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.

- 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.

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

I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry.

I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry.

- John Donne

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