21st January John Donne

Quotes from John Donne, English poet, born today in 1573.

1. No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
2. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
3. When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
4. Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.
5. I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so.
6. More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
7. Love is sin, and let me sinful be.
8. In Heaven, it is always Autumn.
9. Teach me to hear mermaids singing.
10. Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.