from John Donne (1572-1631), a great English poet in the 16th century
no man is an island
no man is an island entity 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 any manner 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 them.
John Donne
To this effect:
No one is an island. Being alone
Everyone is a small piece of the continent
It belongs to a part of the mainland
If a piece of land is washed away by the ocean, Europe will become (shrunk)
If a strait is washed away, it will be the same
It will be like washing away your friend's manor
or your own manor, and it will be the same)
Anyone's death.
it's because (for) you
[Meditations] article 17, written in 1623.