--- title: "2 Grave Quotes By William Mudford" description: "2 Grave quotes by William Mudford. Plus more from William Mudford and more Grave sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/william-mudford-73980_black-magic_they-stand-beside-a-grave-hermann-sprink_1303679.jpg" --- > [“They stand beside a grave. Hermann sprinkles upon it a powder, which falls in sparkles of light from his fingers. The earth begins to heave; and presently, as a volcano casts up its ashes, the grave empties itself. Slowly and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mudford/they-stand-beside-a-grave-hermann-sprinkles-upon-it-a-powder-which/) William Mudford [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/william-mudford-73980_black-magic_they-stand-beside-a-grave-hermann-sprink_1303679.jpg) > [“Truth is not of this world; and they were fools who looked for her in the bottom of a well; her temple is the grave! her oracles, dust and ashes! ("The Forsaken of God")”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mudford/truth-is-not-of-this-world-and-they-were-fools-who-looked-for-her-in/) William Mudford [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/william-mudford-73980_ashes_truth-is-not-of-this-world-and-they-were_2892431.jpg) ## Other authors on Grave ## More by William Mudford > [“Come ye viewless ministers of this dread hour! Come from the fenny lake, the hanging rock, and the midnight cave! The moon is red…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mudford/come-ye-viewless-ministers-of-this-dread-hour-come-from-the-fenny/) William Mudford > [“He took the sacramental chalice, and stretching forth his bare arm, cried in a loud voice, 'Come ye viewless ministers of this dread hour!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mudford/he-took-the-sacramental-chalice-and-stretching-forth-his-bare-arm/) William Mudford > [“They stand beside a grave. Hermann sprinkles upon it a powder, which falls in sparkles of light from his fingers. The earth begins to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mudford/they-stand-beside-a-grave-hermann-sprinkles-upon-it-a-powder-which/) William Mudford > [“Truth is not of this world; and they were fools who looked for her in the bottom of a well; her temple is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mudford/truth-is-not-of-this-world-and-they-were-fools-who-looked-for-her-in/) William Mudford ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grave/william-mudford/#itemlist", "name": "2 Grave Quotes By William Mudford", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They stand beside a grave. Hermann sprinkles upon it a powder, which falls in sparkles of light from his fingers. The earth begins to heave; and presently, as a volcano casts up its ashes, the grave empties itself. 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