1400 – 1700 CE
The rebirth of classical forms, sonnets, and humanist poetry.
Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light
— John Milton
"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"
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven
"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..."
"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful"
He who destroys a good book kills reason itself
"He who destroys a good book kills reason itself"
Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies
"Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies"
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mank…
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind"
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..."
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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