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...
men doubt phrases
Oft from new truths, and new phrase, new doubts grow, As strange attire aliens the men we know.
men islands
No man is an island unto himself.
men heaven
Man hath weaved out a net, and this net throwne upon the Heavens, and now they are his own.
integrity angel men
Men are sponges, which, to pour out, receive; Who know false play, rather than lose, deceive. For in best understandings sin began, Angels sinn'd first, then devils, and then man. Only perchance beasts sin not ; wretched we Are beasts in all but white integrity.
book men world
The world is a great volume, and man the index of that book; even in the body of man, you may turn to the whole world.
peace men judging
Contemplative and bookish men must of necessity be more quarrelsome than others, because they contend not about matter of fact, nor can determine their controversies by any certain witnesses, nor judges. But as long as they go towards peace, that is Truth, it is no matter which way.
love hate men
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.
cat men lions
A man that is not afraid of a Lion is afraid of a Cat .
men disability old-man
Chastity is not chastity in an old man, but a disability to be unchaste.
art men passionate
Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.
death book men
When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
teamwork men grieving
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
fall power men
O how feeble is man's power, that if good fortune fall, cannot add another hour, nor a lost hour recall!
lying men soul
That subtle knot which makes us man So must pure lovers souls descend T affections, and to faculties, Which sense may reach and apprehend, Else a great Prince in prison lies.