出自 John Donne (1572-1631) 英國16世紀大詩人
No man is an island
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 any manner of thy friends 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.
John Donne
大意如此：
沒有人是個(孤)島，獨自壹人
每個人是大洲的壹小塊
屬於大陸的壹部分
如果壹塊土地被海洋沖走了
歐洲就變(縮)小了
如果沖走壹個海峽也是這樣
好像沖走妳朋友的莊園
或者是妳自己的莊園，也是如此這樣）
任何人的死都使我(覺得)渺小
因為我是屬於人類之壹
故此，不要派人去打聽
死亡鐘聲是為誰而敲 ？
它敲的是因為(為了)妳
〖沈思錄〗 第17篇，1623年作