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 if a manor 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

1572 - 1631