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What if this present were the world's last night?

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No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

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'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's.

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The day breaks not, it is my heart.

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Now God comes to thee, not as in the dawning of the day, not as in the bud of the spring, but as the sun at noon to illustrate all shadows, as the sheaves in harvest, to fill all penuries, all occasions invite his mercies, and all times are his seasons.

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Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be profaned on either part, for though 'Tis got by chance, 'Tis kept by art.

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Who ever comes to shroud me, do not harm Nor question much That subtle wreath of hair, which crowns my arm; The mystery, the sign you must not touch, For 'tis my outward soul, Viceroy to that, which then to heaven being gone, Will leave this to control, And keep these limbs, her provinces, from dissolution.

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It is too little to call man a little world; Except God, man is a diminutive to nothing.

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Verse hath a middle nature: heaven keeps souls, The grave keeps bodies, verse the fame enrols.

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More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

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Old grandsires talk of yesterday with sorrow, And for our children we reserve tomorrow.

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Festive alcohol sometimes leads to an excess of honesty.

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As God loves a cheerful giver, so he also loves a cheerful taker. Who takes hold of his gifts with a glad heart.

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Our critical day is not the very day of our death; but the whole course of our life.

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The sun must not set upon anger, much less will I let the sun set upon the anger of God towards me.

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As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now, and some say no.

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The world is a great volume, and man the index of that book; even in the body of man, you may turn to the whole world.

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But he who loveliness within Hath found, all outward loathes, For he who color loves, and skin, Loves but their oldest clothes.

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I shall not live 'till I see God; and when I have seen Him, I shall never die.

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I shall die reading; since my book and a grave are so near.

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