All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated...As therefore the bell that…

Quote by John Donne

Topics: Death Quotes

As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all...

As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all...

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

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

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

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

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send...

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send...

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

The day breaks not, it is my heart.

For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love.

For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love.

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.

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...

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.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the...

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the...

Be your own palace, or the world is your jail.

Be your own palace, or the world is your jail.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure...

Love was as subtly caught, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure...

Love builds bridges where there are none

Love builds bridges where there are none

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.