Quotes about Life
Men have conceived a twofold use of sleep; it is a refreshing of the body in this life, and a preparing of the soul for the next.
— John Donne
Perchance, he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him...
— John Donne
Never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.
— John Donne
True and false fears let us refrain, Let us love nobly, and live, and add again Years and years unto years, till we attain To write threescore: this is the second of our reign.
— John Donne
Death, thou shalt die.
— John Donne
Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so.
— John Donne
That our affections kill us not, nor dye.
— John Donne
when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated; God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice; but God's hand is in every translation, and his hand shall bind up all our scattered leaves again, for that library where every book shall lie open to one another;
— John Donne
My world's both parts, and 'o! Both parts must die.
— John Donne
One short sleep past, we wake eternally, and death shall be no more, death thou shalt die.
— John Donne
No man ever saw God and lived; and yet, I shall not live till I see God; and when I have seen him I shall never die
— John Donne
But think that we Are but turn'd aside to sleep; They who one another keep Alive, ne'er parted be.
— John Donne