Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.
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Eternity is not an everlasting flux of time, but time is as a short parenthesis in a long period.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote suggests that time is transient and fleeting compared to the concept of eternity.
John Donne emphasizes the idea that while human life is bound by time, eternity extends infinitely beyond it. He likens time to a brief parenthesis within a larger context, urging us to consider the bigger picture of existence beyond our temporal experiences.
Themes
EternityTimePhilosophyExistencePerspective
In practice
Example use cases
In a philosophical discussion about the nature of time.
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