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谁都不是一座孤岛，自成一体。每个人都是那广袤大陆的一部分。如果有一块泥土被海水冲走，欧洲就会减少一点；如同一座山岬，也如同你的朋友和你自己。任何人的死亡都使我有所缺损，因为我与人类难解难分。所以，千万不要去打听丧钟为谁而鸣，丧钟为你而鸣。
——约翰·唐恩
英国玄学派诗人约翰·唐恩（JohnDonne，1571或1572—1631）于1623年写的《祈祷文集》第十七篇。原文是：No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were; 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.