Quote by John Donne
Be your own palace, or the world is your jail. - John Donne

Be your own palace, or the world is your jail. – John Donne

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When I died last, and, Dear, I die as often as from thee I go though it be but an hour ago and lovers hours be full eternity. – John Donne

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Take me to you, imprison me, for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, except you ravish me. – John Donne

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The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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This gives force to the strong — that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance or original action. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing. – Thomas Aquinas

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No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment. – Deepak Chopra

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I can live for two months on a good compliment. – Mark Twain

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I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it. – Henry James

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