John donne sayings

John Donne was a 17th-century English poet known for his metaphysical poetry. Here are some famous quotes and sayings attributed to him:

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

2. "Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so."

3. "Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies."

4. "For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love."

5. "Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us?"

6. "Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time."

7. "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 own reason, before he can say, he believes no God."

8. "Go and catch a falling star, get with child a mandrake root, tell me where all past years are, or who cleft the devil's foot."

9. "I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry."

10. "Love's mysteries in souls do grow, but yet the body is his book."

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