Book Quote by William Shakespeare

O Time the fatal wrack of mortal things, That draws oblivion's curtains over kings; Their sumptuous monuments, men know them not, Their names without…

— Anne Bradstreet

When our souls shall leave this dwelling, the glory of one fair and virtuous action is above all the 'scutcheons on our tomb, or…

— James Shirley

“The Spirit is sent down to breathe On such dry bones as we. 6 Rais'd from the dead we live anew; And justify'd by…

— Isaac Watts

O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, "Behold! thou hast one…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“Wealth earned may disappear, beauty will fade, honor may recede and fame diminish; all that shall remain, is a soul that is humane within…

— Henrietta Newton Martin

These blossoms, gathered in familiar paths, With dear companions now passed out of sight, Shall not be laid upon their graves. They live, Since…

— Lucy Larcom

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“Pardon if all the cleanness and the beauty Brave rhythym and the immemorial sea Ensare us sometimes with their siren song, Forgetful of our…

— Norman Hampson

We can die by it, if not live by love, And if unfit for tombs and hearse Our legend be, it will be fit…

— John Donne

“Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the…

— William Knox

Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath…

— Walter Scott

“Accursed be he who willingly saddens an immortal spirit---doomed to infamy in later, wiser ages, doomed in future stages of his own being to…

— Margaret Fuller