Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that death is a natural part of life and can be seen as a peaceful sleep rather than something to fear.
In this quote, Francis Beaumont conveys the idea that death should not be feared, as it is merely a transition into a deep, restful state akin to sleep. By likening death to sleeping, the quote comforts those who may be apprehensive about the end of life, encouraging a perspective that views death as a serene release from the struggles of existence.
In practice
In a eulogy, one might cite this quote to highlight the comforting aspects of death.
If men wound you with injuries, meet them with patience; hasty words rankle the wound, soft language dresses it, forgiveness cures it, and oblivion takes away the scar. It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
What is unusual about Earth is that language, literally, has become alive. It has infested matter. It is replicating and defining and building itself. And it is in us.
I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny. For it is but usurpation in him to save, as their rightful lord, the lives of men over whom he has no title to reign.
The Gospel itself is angular. It always has been. It always conflicts. It always challenges every generation. It challenges different generations in different ways.
Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food.
When we passed a Catholic church, I recalled, he said, "You think your dad's a good chemist? They're turning soda crackers into meat in there. Can your dad do that?
He had opened his heart to the sublime indifference of the universe
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