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

Quote by John Donne

Topics: Death And Dying Quotes, Funerals Quotes

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

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

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...

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...

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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.

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

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

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

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

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

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.

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...

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...

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

Despair ruins some, presumption many

Despair ruins some, presumption many

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of...

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to...

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to...