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John Donne

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


— John Donne


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I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.


— John Donne


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


— John Donne


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No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.


— John Donne


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The day breaks not, it is my heart.


— John Donne


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Pleasure is none, if not diversified.


— John Donne


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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


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More than kisses, letters mingle souls.


— John Donne


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


— John Donne


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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.


— John Donne


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About John Donne

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Did you know about John Donne?

During this time Donne wrote but did not publish Biathanatos his defence of suicide. During his convalescence he wrote a series of meditations and prayers on health pain and sickness that were publiJohn Donned as a book in 1624 under the title of Devotions upon Emergent Occasions. Legacy
Donne is commemorated as a priest in the calendar of the Church of England and in the Calendar of Saints of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on 31 March.

In 1615 he became an Anglican priest although he did not want to take Anglican orders. He is particularly famous for his mastery of metaphysical conceits. He also served as a member of parliament in 1601 and in 1614.

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