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Quote by John Donne
When I must shipwrack, I would do it in a sea, where mine impotenc

When I must shipwrack, I would do it in a sea, where mine impotencie might have some excuse; not in a sullen weedy lake, where I could not have so much as exercise for my swimming. – 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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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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I am pushing sixty. That is enough exercise for me. – Mark Twain

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