425 Quotes by John Donne

If ever any beauty I did see,Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee.

No man is an island, entire of itself.

Send not to knowFor whom the bell tolls;It tolls for thee.

That our affections kill us not, nor dye.

Twice or thrice had I lov'd thee, Before I knew thy face or name

No man is an island entirely of itself. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.

I sing the progress of a deathless soul,Whom Fate, which God made, but doth not control,Placed in most shapes; all times before the lawYoked us, and when, and since, in this I sing.And the great world to his aged evening,From infant morn, through manly noon I draw.

Tis all in pieces, all coherence gone,All just supply, and all relation;Prince, subject, father, son, are things forgot,For every man alone thinks he hath gotTo be a phoenix, and that then can beNone of that kind, of which he is, but he.

Dear love, for nothing less than theeWould I have broke this happy dream;It was a themeFor reason, much too strong for fantasy,Therefore thou wak'd'st me wisely; yetMy dream thou brok'st not, but continued'st it.Thou art so true that thoughts of thee sufficeTo make dreams truths, and fables histories;Enter these arms, for since thou thought'st it best,Not to dream all my dream, let's act the rest.