Graves Quotes - Page 7
If there really is such a thing as turning in one's grave, Shakespeare must get a lot of exercise.
George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). “All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays”, p.141, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Elizabeth Bowen, Maud Ellman (2012). “The Hotel: A Novel”, p.99, University of Chicago Press
My work was done, so it was time to start digging my grave again.
Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman (2004). “Scar Tissue”, p.326, Hachette UK
If Stalin could only see us now, with the American Ambassador here, he'd turn in his grave.
"MAYDAY: Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair" by Michael R. Beschloss, (p. 42), 1986.
'A Poet's Epitaph' (1800)
William Shakespeare (1851). “The comedies, histories, tragedies and poems of William Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. National ed. [6]”, p.429
I would that I were low laid in my grave. I am not worth this coil that's made for me.
William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.37, BookCaps Study Guides
How! leap into the pit our life to save? To save our life leap all into the grave.
William Cowper (1820). “Poems: In two volumes. Embellished with engravings, and a sketch of his life”, p.339
He that unburied lies wants not his hearse, For unto him a tomb's the Universe.
Sir Thomas Browne (1841). “Religio Medici: To which is Added Hydriotaphia, Or Urn-burial; a Discourse on Sepulchral Urns”, p.79
1935 Religion and Literature.
Samuel Rutherford (1818). “Joshua redivivus, or, three hundred and fifty-two religious letters: to which is added a testimony to the convenanted work of Reformation between 1638 and 1649”, p.273