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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God employs several translators some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice. – John Donne

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Age
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We are all conceived in close prison; in our mothers wombs, we are close prisoners all; when we are born, we are born but to the liberty of the house; prisoners still, though within larger walls; and then all our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death. – John Donne

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Prison
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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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Seasons
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Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart. – Gene Tunney

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Whenever I feel like exercise I lie down until the feeling passes. – Robert Maynard Hutchins

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Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. – Edward Stanley

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Exercise

Go jogging? What, and get hit by a meteor? – Robert Benchley

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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed. – Horace

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Ive learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success. – Jack Welch

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Penny wise is often pound foolish. – Proverb

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Let me ask you something, what is not art? – Author Unknown

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