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Quote by John Donne
Art is the most passionate orgy within mans grasp. - John Donne

Art is the most passionate orgy within mans grasp. – John Donne

Other quotes by John Donne

I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry. – John Donne

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Poetry
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John Donne
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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. – John Donne

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The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest. – Gustave Flaubert

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So vast is art, so narrow human wit. – Alexander Pope

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Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven. – Robert Browning

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I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art. – Khalil Gibran

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