No man is an island
Meaning: Humans need connection with others.
Origin: John Donne's Meditation XVII from Devotions upon Emergent Occasions (1624).
Translations
- French: Nul homme n'est une île (literally: No man is an island)
- Spanish: Ningún hombre es una isla (literally: No man is an island)
- Japanese: 人は一人では生きられない (Hito wa hitori de wa ikirarenai) (literally: A person cannot live alone)
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