John Donne
John Donne
John Donnewas an English poet and a cleric in the Church of England. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong, sensual style and include sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor, especially compared to that of his contemporaries. Donne's style is characterised by abrupt openings and various paradoxes, ironies and dislocations...
waiting wish genius
We love and understand talent; we wish it be within us. The truly gifted, those exceptional few, must wait for the world to catch up.
steps small-steps tomorrow
Never start with tomorrow to reach eternity. Eternity is not being reached by small steps.
writing lust rage
To rage, to lust, to write to, to commend, All is the purlieu of the god of love.
inspiration charity social
This only is charity, to do all, all that we can.
honesty truth alcohol
Festive alcohol sometimes leads to an excess of honesty.
men pieces world
Man is not only a contributory creature, but a total creature; he does not only make one, but he is all; he is not a piece of the world, but the world itself, and next to the glory of God, the reason why there is a world.
miracle world needs
There is in every miracle a silent chiding of the world, and a tacit reprehension of them who require, or who need miracles.
appetite
I find no abhorring in my appetite.
success media achievement
To a large degree, since the beginning of time, charisma or the lack of it has impacted upon those in quest of acclaim. As media expands, this has become ever more vital. Thus, demeanor if unappealing, can defeat one's likelihood of success, causing the death of prospects whilst they are still embryonic.
war hieroglyphics misery
As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery.
men guilt shame
Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings.
men sight young
Young men mend not their sight by using old men's spectacles.
heaven soul body
Verse hath a middle nature: heaven keeps souls, The grave keeps bodies, verse the fame enrols.
imperfect
How imperfect is all our knowledge!