No Man Is an Island

<p>No Man Is an Island </p><p><br></p><p>No man is an island,</p><p>Entire of itself;</p><p>Every man is a piece of the continent,</p><p>A part of the main.</p><p><br></p><p>Any man’s death diminishes me,</p><p>Because I am involved in mankind.</p><p>And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;</p><p>It tolls for thee.</p><p><br></p><p>–John Donne (1571–1631), English poet and priest</p>