Quote#World
And seeing the snail, which everywhere doth roam
Quote byJohn Donne · 1572–1631
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Verse Letter to Sir Henry Wotton.
English (original)
And seeing the snail, which everywhere doth roam, Carrying his own house still, still is at home, Follow (for he is easy paced) this snail, Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy gaol.
— John Donne
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