1400 – 1700 CE
The rebirth of classical forms, sonnets, and humanist poetry.
Solitude sometimes is best society
— John Milton
"Solitude sometimes is best society"
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"
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent
— John Donne
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent"
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mank…
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind"
Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies
"Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies"
Sweet is the love that comes alone with willingness
— Edmund Spenser
"Sweet is the love that comes alone with willingness"
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven
"Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven"
"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful"
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor
"It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poo..."
He who destroys a good book kills reason itself
"He who destroys a good book kills reason itself"
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 ..."
"The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known"
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