What did John Donne mean by: To rage, to lust, to write to, to commend, All is the purlieu of the god of love. John Donne Poet · England Copy
+ 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
+ Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Donne, Inherent, Self-destruction, 0 John Donne Poet · England
+ As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Donne, Awareness, Faith, Perspective, 0 John Donne Poet · England
+ Friends are ourselves. Author, July 14, 2023January 2, 2025, John Donne, Connection, Identity, Support, 0 John Donne Poet · England
+ Enjoyment always has a spoiling, otherwise it cannot be so. Author, September 9, 2023January 2, 2025, John Donne, Consequences, Hedonism, Pleasure, 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
+ Tis the year’s midnight, and it is the day’s. Author, September 3, 2023January 2, 2025, John Donne, Reflection, Time, Transition, 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
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
