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title: "11 Long Dead Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [“Our sole concern with the long dead is aesthetic”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-branch-cabell/our-sole-concern-with-the-long-dead-is-aesthetic/)

[James Branch Cabell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-branch-cabell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/james-branch-cabell-8751_aesthetic_our-sole-concern-with-the-long-dead-is-a_3120922.jpg)

> [I only aim for fashion that's long dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rich-sommer/i-only-aim-for-fashion-that-s-long-dead/)

[Rich Sommer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rich-sommer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fa/rich-sommer-15874_aim_i-only-aim-for-fashion-that-s-long-dead_515795.jpg)

> [Three people can keep a secret as long as two of them are dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-gordon-liddy/three-people-can-keep-a-secret-as-long-as-two-of-them-are-dead/)

[G. Gordon Liddy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-gordon-liddy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/g-gordon-liddy-23919_atheism_three-people-can-keep-a-secret-as-long-a_762616.png)

> [People long dead were talked about as familiarly as though they had only just left the room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-perceval-graves/people-long-dead-were-talked-about-as-familiarly-as-though-they-had/)

[Richard Perceval Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-perceval-graves/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ff/richard-perceval-graves-272761_people_people-long-dead-were-talked-about-as-fa_2228377.jpg)

> [Writers have a rare power not given to anyone else: we can bore people long after we are dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-lewis/writers-have-a-rare-power-not-given-to-anyone-else-we-can-bore-people/)

[Sinclair Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinclair-lewis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/sinclair-lewis-1945_bores_writers-have-a-rare-power-not-given-to-a_1748149.png)

> [In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to work in, all the musicians in them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/in-theory-i-d-like-to-work-in-a-group-but-the-group-i-d-like-to-work/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/robert-wyatt-8333_groups_in-theory-i-d-like-to-work-in-a-group-bu_186708.png)

> [“The best part about love is it’ll still be around long after I’m dead. That’s also the worst part.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/the-best-part-about-love-is-it-ll-still-be-around-long-after-i-m-dead/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/jarod-kintz-2_best-love_the-best-part-about-love-is-it-ll-still_234858.jpg)

> [How many after being celebrated by fame have been given up to oblivion; and how many who have celebrated the fame of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/how-many-after-being-celebrated-by-fame-have-been-given-up-to/)

[Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/marcus-aurelius-139_fame_how-many-after-being-celebrated-by-fame_2215982.jpg)

> [we are never done with thinking about our parents, I suppose, and come to know them better long after they are dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/may-sarton/we-are-never-done-with-thinking-about-our-parents-i-suppose-and-come/)

[May Sarton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/may-sarton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/716/may-sarton-897_alive_we-are-never-done-with-thinking-about-ou_2298316.jpg)

> [The massive grassroots success of movies such as Zack Snyder's Spartan gore-fest '300' demonstrates there is a vast appetite among 15-25 year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bettany-hughes/the-massive-grassroots-success-of-movies-such-as-zack-snyder-s/)

[Bettany Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bettany-hughes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/bettany-hughes-7743_experience_the-massive-grassroots-success-of-movies_2433384.jpg)

> [...small too even the longest fame thereafter, which is itself subject to a succession of little men who quickly die, and have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/small-too-even-the-longest-fame-thereafter-which-is-itself-subject-to/)

[Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/)

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