+ Women are like the arts, forced unto none, Open to all searchers, unprized, if unknown. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Donne, Accessibility, Autonomy, Recognition, 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
O Lord, never suffer us to think that we can stand by ourselves, and not need thee. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Donne, Dependence, Faith, Humility, 0 John Donne Poet · England
+ The flea, though he kill none, he does all the harm he can. Author, August 24, 2023January 2, 2025, John Donne, Deception, Harm, Manipulation, 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
+ Between cowardice and despair, valour is gendred. Author, October 6, 2023January 2, 2025, John Donne, Cowardice, Despair, 0 John Donne Poet · England
Filled with her love, may I be rather grown Mad with much heart, than idiot with none. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Donne, Growth, Love, Wisdom, 0 John Donne Poet · England
I long to talk with some old lover’s ghost, Who died before the god of love was born. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Donne, Death, Longing, Love, 0 John Donne Poet · England
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Read explanation Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men. Friedrich Schiller Playwright · Germany
