“Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.” — John Donne | V2Melody

“Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.”

Finding spiritual value and insight in suffering · Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII

About John Donne

John Donne

1572–31 March 1631

John Donne was born in London in 1572, probably in January, though the exact day remains uncertain, and he died in London on 31 March 1631. Few English writers have seemed so divided within themselves, or have turned division into such memorable art. He was at once a Catholic child in a Protestant state, an ambitious…

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“Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

Connecting private grief with the mortality of the whole human community · Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII

“All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.”

Presenting humanity as a single, meaningful work shaped by mortality · Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII

Death
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“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.”

A powerful expression of human connectedness and shared responsibility · Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII