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Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

~John Donne

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And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it.

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Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.

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The day breaks not, it is my heart.

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But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space.

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As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it the quiet of families to have their chancery and their parliament within doors, and to compose and determine all emergent differences there.

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I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.

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Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

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God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.

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

~John Donne

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Poet

Born: Unknown

Died: March 31st, 1631

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