| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 16914 |
| QUOTATION: | No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main.... Any man’s death diminishes me because I am involved in Mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | John Donne (c. 1572–1631), British divine, metaphysical poet. Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation 17 (1624). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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