Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Quote by John Donne

Topics: Disappointment Quotes, Love Quotes

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...

As soon as there was two there was pride

As soon as there was two there was pride

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

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...

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.

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

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,...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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;...

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the...

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the...

Love is friendship set to music.

Love is friendship set to music.

Love brings pain, And Pain brings beauty.

Love brings pain, And Pain brings beauty.

If a man has to make a woman the center of his love, then why...

If a man has to make a woman the center of his love, then why...

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the...

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the...

He who yields to his times acts wisely

He who yields to his times acts wisely