When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

Quote by John Donne

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Ll our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death.

Ll our life is but a going out to the place of execution, to death.

Love is the only angel, who can bid the gates unroll, and when he comes...

Love is the only angel, who can bid the gates unroll, and when he comes...

As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it...

As states subsist in part by keeping their weaknesses from being known, so is it...

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven

And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out;...

And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out;...

As soon as there was two there was pride

As soon as there was two there was pride

Sleep is pain's easiest salve, and doth fulfill all the offices of death, except to...

Sleep is pain's easiest salve, and doth fulfill all the offices of death, except to...

Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.

Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

My rags of heart can like, wish, and adore, but after one such love can...

My rags of heart can like, wish, and adore, but after one such love can...

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.

I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.

As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some...

As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some...

All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one...

All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one...

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by...

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by...

I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.

I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.

The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures....

The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures....

Self sabotage is when we say we want something and then go about making sure...

Self sabotage is when we say we want something and then go about making sure...