Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Quote by John Donne

Topics: Disappointed Love Quotes, Love Quotes

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.

I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much...

I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much...

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

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

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal...

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

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.

One short sleep past, we wake eternally, / And death shall be no more; death,...

One short sleep past, we wake eternally, / And death shall be no more; death,...

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.

I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and...

I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and...

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

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

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...

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works,...

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works,...

There has been a reevaluation of our slave philosophy that permitted us to be satisfied...

There has been a reevaluation of our slave philosophy that permitted us to be satisfied...

16 years ago my cousin abused me, now he is inviting me to his wedding.

16 years ago my cousin abused me, now he is inviting me to his wedding.

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral; returning violence with...

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral; returning violence with...