Quote#God & Faith
I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in and invite God and…
Quote byJohn Donne · 1572–1631
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: LXXX Sermons (1640), No. 80, preached at the funeral of Sir William Cokayne, 12 December 1626.
English (original)
I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in and invite God and his angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.
— John Donne
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