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

Quote by John Donne

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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.

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

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

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Whoever loves, if he do not propose the right true end of love, he's one...

Whoever loves, if he do not propose the right true end of love, he's one...

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,...

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.

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...

A beauty is a woman you notice; A charmer is one who notices you.

A beauty is a woman you notice; A charmer is one who notices you.

Love is not a matter of counting the years -- it's making the years count.

Love is not a matter of counting the years -- it's making the years count.