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Graves Quotes - Page 4

Who's a prince or beggar in the grave?

Thomas Otway, Thomas Thornton (1813). “The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway: In Three Volumes”, p.266

There's a saying in Africa: To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.

"Liya Kebede: star of Africa" by Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. June 12, 2010.

Trenches, hospitals, the common grave--there are no other possibilities.

Harold Bloom, Erich Maria Remarque (2008). “Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front”, p.49, Infobase Publishing

A rut is a grave with the ends kicked out.

Robert C. Worstell, Earl Nightingale (2015). “How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds”, p.78, Lulu.com

O fallen angel, the companion within me, whisper something holy before you pinch me into the grave.

Anne Sexton (1975). “The Awful Rowing Toward God”, Boston : Houghton Mifflin

The grave has a door on its inner side.

Alexander Maclaren (1871). “Sermons Preached in Manchester: First series”, p.100

And either victory, or else a grave.

William Shakespeare (1858). “Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems”, p.146

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.

William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.137

I'm going to put that on my gravestone. "He created such a category of unwanted pop culture - Famous for directing unwanted cultural references".

"Johnny Depp, Tim Burton Interview - Dark Shadows". MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca. November 10, 2017.

Gravestones tell truth scarce forty years.

Sir Thomas Browne, James Thomas Fields (1862). “Religio Medici: A Letter to a Friend, Christian Morals, Urn-burial, and Other Papers”, p.343

He that endureth to the end, shall be saved.

Steve Berry (2004). “The Romanov Prophecy”, p.279, Ballantine Books

If we had happy endings, we’d all be under gravestones now.

Stephenie Meyer (2008). “Eclipse”, Little Brown & Company

A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right-minded man without forethought or with reserve.

"The Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase". Book by Jacob Schuckers, 1874.

The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness.

Robert Blair (1826). “Sacred poems: comprising The grave, by R. Blair: The last day, by E. Young: Death, by bishop Porteus: and some minor pieces. With memoirs and notes by S. Drew”, p.9

Every man is grave alone.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1961). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume II: 1822-1826”, p.268, Harvard University Press

O heart, and mind, and thoughts! what thing do you Hope to inherit in the grave below?

Percy Bysshe Shelley (2015). “Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Top Complete Works Collection”, p.1384, 谷月社