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But I do nothing upon myself, and yet am mine own executioner. - John Donne
Attribution: John Donne (c. 1572–1631), British divine, metaphysical poet. repr. In Complete Poetry and Selected Prose, ed. John Hayward (1929). Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, meditation 12 (1624).

Categories: Divine, Metaphysical Poet, Self-destructiveness

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