no man is an island

English

Etymology

From the 1623 quotation below.

Proverb

no man is an island

1. All people are connected to and dependent on other people.
   • 1623, John Donne, “Meditation XVII”, in Devotions upon Emergent Occasions:

     No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. […] any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, […]

Translations

all people are dependent on other people

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沒有人是一座孤島／没有人是一座孤岛, 没有人是一座孤岛 (méiyǒu rén shì yī zuò gūdǎo)

• Danish: alle mennesker er forbundne og afhængige af andre mennesker
• Finnish: yksikään ihminen ei ole saari
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• Japanese: なんぴとも一島嶼にてはあらず
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can