Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.
John DonneRead
Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Love transcends time and boundaries, remaining constant regardless of external circumstances.
In this quote, John Donne expresses the timeless and universal nature of love, suggesting that it is not confined by seasons, geographical locations, or the passage of time. Rather, love exists beyond the limitations imposed by the physical world, highlighting its profound strength and enduring quality.
Themes
LoveTimelessUniversalEnduringBoundless
In practice
Example use cases
A wedding speech to highlight the enduring nature of love between the married couple.
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I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth onely in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose of perpetually keeping it: for then it is a most inhumane vice. - But I call that Virginity a virtue which is willing and desirous to yield it self upon honest and lawfull terms, when just reason requireth; and until then, is kept with a modest chastity of body and mind.
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