Quote#Courage
I know not what fear is, nor I know not what it is that I fear now; I…
Quote byJohn Donne · 1572–1631
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions (1624), VI. Metuit. The physician is afraid..
English (original)
I know not what fear is, nor I know not what it is that I fear now; I fear not the hastening of my death, and yet I do fear the increase of the disease... my weakness is from nature, who hath but her measure, my strength is from God, who possesses and distributes infinitely.
— John Donne
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