Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Quote by John Donne

Topics: Disappointed Love Quotes, Love Quotes

Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally ;If our two loves be one, or thou and...

Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally ;If our two loves be one, or thou and...

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...

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

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

Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name.

Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name.

As soon as there was two there was pride

As soon as there was two there was pride

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

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

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

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art...

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art...

Ride ten thousand days and nights, Till age snow white hairs on thee.

Ride ten thousand days and nights, Till age snow white hairs on thee.

Since you would save none of me, I bury some of you.

Since you would save none of me, I bury some of you.

But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space.

But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space.

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

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

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...

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.

God himself took a day to rest in, and a good man's grave is his...

God himself took a day to rest in, and a good man's grave is his...

I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry.

I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry.

Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.

Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say,...

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say,...

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.

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.