Death Quote by John Donne — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Our two souls therefore, which are one,”

“All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; 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... As therefore the bell that rings to a sermon, calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come: so this bell calls us all... No man is an island, entire of itself... any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

“Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime,”

“Never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.”

“Love's mysteries in souls do grow,”

“And to 'scape stormy days, I choose an everlasting night.”

“But you said so yourself,the poor lass will die of it...Do you really want her to die?”

“The candle glimmers but an hour. The night”

“When you tire of living, change itself seems evil, does it not? for then any change at all disturbs the deathlike peace of the life-weary.”

“I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.”

“Death comes for us all, Brother. You cannot hide from it forever. We will die one day, you and I.”

“The only advantage of knowledge is that it can justify suffering.”