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Quote by John Donne
SIR, more than kisses, letters mingle souls,For thus, friends

SIR, more than kisses, letters mingle souls,
For thus, friends absent speak. – John Donne

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No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face. – John Donne

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Any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls it tolls for thee. – John Donne

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Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient. – E. M. Forster

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I have made this letter longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter. – Blaise Pascal

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In a mans letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes within him is shown undisguised in its natural process. Nothing is inverted, nothing distorted, you see systems in their elements, you discover actions in their motives. – Samuel Johnson

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A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation — a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. – Samuel Johnson

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