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Graves Quotes - Page 3

Build castles, don't dig graves.

David J. Schwartz (2014). “The Magic of Thinking Big”, p.58, Penguin

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" l. 36 (1751)

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.33, Enhanced Media Publishing

He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him.

In Max Beerbohm Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1920) appendix 4

Only where there are graves are there resurrections.

Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). “Thus Spake Zarathustra”, p.126, Courier Corporation

He who shall teach the child to doubtThe rotting grave shall ne'er get out.

William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.96, Routledge

One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.

"Le Cid". Book by Pierre Corneille, act III, scene iii, 1636.

Steven Tyler isn't in Aerosmith anymore, but his gravestone will probably say something about Aerosmith.

"Patrick Stump: 'I’m Not in Fall Out Boy'" by William Goodman, www.spin.com. February 3, 2010.

He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.

George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.825, Bantam

Our lives are but our marches to the grave.

"The Humorous Lieutenant". Play by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Act III, scene 5, line 76, 1647.

Grammar is the grave of letters.

Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”