john donne

“ I am two fools, I know, ”

“ But we will have a way more liberal, ”

“ I do not love a man, except I hate his vices, because those vices are the enemies, and the destruction of that friend whom I love. ”

“ Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee. ”

“ If our two loves be one, or, thou and I ”

“ All mankind is one volume. When one man dies, a chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language. And every chapter must be translated. God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice. ”

“ Image of her whom I love, more than she, ”

“ No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace ”

“ There is nothing that God hath established in a constant course of nature, and which therefore is done every day, but would seem a Miracle, and exercise our admiration, if it were done but once. ”

“ All other things to their destruction draw, ”