1400 – 1700 CE
The rebirth of classical forms, sonnets, and humanist poetry.
Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies
— John Donne
"Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies"
"The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known"
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mank…
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind"
"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful"
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent"
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor
— Edmund Spenser
"It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poo..."
Sweet is the love that comes alone with willingness
"Sweet is the love that comes alone with willingness"
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven
— John Milton
"Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven"
Solitude sometimes is best society
"Solitude sometimes is best society"
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of he..."
Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, ease after war, death after life does greatly please
"Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, ease after war, death after life does ..."
Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light
"Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light"
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