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John Donne Quotes

«I have done one brave thing - Than all the Worthies did; And yet a braver thence doth spring - Which is to keep that hid»
«What if this present were the world's last night?»
Author: John Donne
«For I / Except you enthrall me, never shall be free, / Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.»
«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 worshipped be»
«To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.»
Author: John Donne | Keywords: Body Parts
«And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it.»
Author: John Donne | Keywords: all in, element, mans, put out
«Her pure and eloquent blood / Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, / That one might almost say, her body thought.»
«He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.»
«The flea, though he kill none, he does all the harm he can»
Author: John Donne | Keywords: flea, harm
«We asked none leave to love; nor will we oweAny, so cheap a death, as saying, Go;»
Author: John Donne | Keywords: cheap, owe

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