Burial Quotes

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POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience,… — Ambrose Bierce
The burial of feelings has begun. — Mark Strand
... these three witnesses are one, as John said: 'The water, the blood, and the Spirit' (I Jn. 5:8). One in the mystery, not in… — Ambrose
We start... imitation of Christ with Holy Baptism, which symbolizes the Lord's Burial and Resurrection. Virtuous living and conduct in accord with the Gospel are… — Gregory Palamas
Rumour has it that the gardens of natural history museums are used for surreptitious burial of those intermediate forms between species which might disturb the… — David Lack
Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility. — John Climacus
As he rounded the corner, he saw two dozen men, naked to the waist, digging a hole thirty yards square at the side of the… — Sebastian Faulks
Very well! he said. You shall prove your worth by facing me in a joust! I'd never heard of an undead lich king challenging someone… — Ernest Cline
The argument of Alcidamas: Everyone honours the wise. Thus the Parians have honoured Archilochus, in spite of his bitter tongue; the Chians Homer, though he… — Aristotle
The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who needs a monument ever ought… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
A cemetery saddens us because it is the only place of the world in which we do not meet our dead again. — Francois Mauriac
Nature is honest, we aren't; we embalm our dead. — Ugo Betti
Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung. — Heraclitus
Ritual disposal of the dead speaks clearly of an awareness of death, and thus an awareness of self. — Richard Leakey
I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time,… — Tony Hillerman
Royalty is a fine burial shroud. — Theodora
To the lover of the Lord Jesus Christ there can be nothing legal about baptism. It is simply the glad expression of a grateful heart… — Henry Allen Ironside
Death and burial were a public spectacle. Shakespeare may have seen for himself the gravediggers at St Ann's, Soho, playing skittles with skulls and bones. — Catharine Arnold
All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial. — Christopher Marlowe
So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the theater. — George Jean Nathan

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