Famous quotes containing the words donne and/or wrote:
“But I do nothing upon myself, and yet am mine own executioner.”
—John Donne (c. 1572–1631)
“Both Socrates and Jesus were outstanding teachers; both of them urged and practiced great simplicity of life; both were regarded as traitors to the religion of their community; neither of them wrote anything; both of them were executed; and both have become the subject of traditions that are difficult or impossible to harmonize.”
—Jaroslav Pelikan (b. 1932)