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
ErkkiERK-keeFinnish
EutÍMio-Portuguese
Kadrİ-Turkish
TempleTEM-pəlEnglish (Rare)
KlÁRa-Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Lucialoo-CHEE-ah (Italian), LOO-tsee-ah (German), LOO-shə (English), loo-SEE-ə (English)Italian, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman