“Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.”
Author
John Donne
13 quotes
“God employs several translators some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.”
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