Love is agrowing, to full constant light; and his first minute, after noon, is night.

Quote by John Donne

Topics: Love Quotes

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.

Poetry is a counterfeit creation, and makes things that are not, as though they were

Poetry is a counterfeit creation, and makes things that are not, as though they were

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

As soon as there was two there was pride

As soon as there was two there was pride

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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.

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,...

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...

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures...

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures...

No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as...

No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as...

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...