no man is an island



no man is an island

Human beings necessarily depend on one another, as in You can't manage this all by yourself; no man is an island. This expression is a quotation from John Donne's Devotions (1624): "No man is an Island, entire of it self; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main."
See also: island, man

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
FronaFRO-nəEnglish
Marcia['ma:sjə]
AnÍBal-Spanish, Portuguese
Kaveri-Indian, Hindi
Michayla-English (Rare)
Ofeliao-FE-lyahSpanish, Italian