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title: "3 Grave Diggers Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“To be absolutely modern is to be the ally of one's grave diggers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/to-be-absolutely-modern-is-to-be-the-ally-of-one-s-grave-diggers/)

[Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/)

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> [“A pair of train guards. A pair of grave diggers. When it came down to it, one of them called the shots.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/a-pair-of-train-guards-a-pair-of-grave-diggers-when-it-came-down-to/)

[Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/)

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> [Many times man lives and dies between his two eternities: that of race and that of Soul... A brief parting from those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-butler-yeats/many-times-man-lives-and-dies-between-his-two-eternities-that-of-race/)

[William Butler Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-butler-yeats/)

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