1400 – 1700 CE
The rebirth of classical forms, sonnets, and humanist poetry.
Solitude sometimes is best society
— John Milton
"Solitude sometimes is best society"
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
— Edmund Spenser
"The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known"
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 ..."
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven
"Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven"
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind"
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"
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful
"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful"
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of he..."
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"
He who destroys a good book kills reason itself
"He who destroys a good book kills reason itself"
Sweet is the love that comes alone with willingness
"Sweet is the love that comes alone with willingness"
