What did John Donne mean by: Filled with her love, may I be rather grown Mad with much heart, than idiot with none. John Donne Poet · England Copy
+ Yesternight the sun went hence, And yet is here today. Author, June 10, 2023January 2, 2025, John Donne, Change, Permanence, Time, 0 John Donne Poet · England
That thou remember them, some claim as debt; I think it mercy, if thou wilt forget. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Donne, Debt, Memory, Mercy, 0 John Donne Poet · England
As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Donne, Misery, Peace, War, 0 John Donne Poet · England
+ And to ‘scape stormy days, I choose an everlasting night. Author, October 9, 2023January 2, 2025, John Donne, Choice, Darkness, Escape, 0 John Donne Poet · England
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Donne, Connection, Interdependence, Unity, 0 John Donne Poet · England
+ Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail. Author, July 17, 2023January 2, 2025, John Donne, Freedom, Imprisonment, Self, 0 John Donne Poet · England
+ For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love. Author, September 1, 2023January 2, 2025, John Donne, Love, Passion, Restraint, 0 John Donne Poet · England
+ As soon as there was two there was pride. Author, October 17, 2023January 2, 2025, John Donne, Conflict, Ego, Relationships, 0 John Donne Poet · England
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
