Good is not good, unless A thousand it possess, But doth waste with greediness. - John Donne - Quotesmemo.com

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John Donne

Good is not good, unless A thousand it possess, But doth waste with greediness.

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Goe and catche a falling starre, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me, where all past yeares are, Or who cleft the Divel's foot. Teach me to hear Mermaides' singing, Or to keep of envies stinging, And finde What winde Serves to advance an honest minde.

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Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

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Thy face is mine eye, and mine is thine.

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As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else.

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Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

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