John Donne quotes

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.

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

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

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

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.

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.

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

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.

But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space.

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

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

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

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.

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

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

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

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

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.