At most, the greatest persons are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightful conversation, but as morals for ornament, except they be so incorporated into the body of the world that they contribute something to the sustentation of the whole. - John Donne

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John Donne: "At most, the greatest persons are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightful conversation, but as morals for ornament, except they be so incorporated into the body of the world that they contribute something to the sustentation of the whole."

John Donne's Quotations

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Body	Contribute	Conversation	Delightful
Except	Excrescences	Great	Greatest
Incorporated	Into	Morals	Most
Ornament	Persons	Something	Sustentation
Wens	Whole	World

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