Grave Quotes

1157 Grave quotes by 832 unique authors

There is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a silence where no sound may be,- In the cold grave, under the deep,… — Thomas Hood
Every man's road in life is marked by the grave of his personal likings. — Alexander Smith
We have taken a grave and hazardous decision to sustain the Greeks and try to make a Balkan Front. — Winston Churchill
Men capable of governing empires fail to control a small white ball, which presents no difficulties whetever to others with one ounce more brain than… — P.G. Wodehouse
Take with you the joy of Easter to the home, and make that home bright with more unselfish love, more hearty service; take it into… — John Ellerton
Pleasure which must be enjoyed at the expense of another's pain, can never be enjoyed by a worthy mind. Pleasure's couch is virtues grave. — Augustine Joseph Hickey Duganne
BRANDY, n. A cordial composed on one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the-grave and four parts clarified Satan. — Ambrose Bierce
Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for… — Douglas William Jerrold
Those who talk of the bible as a monument of English prose are merely admiring it as a monument over the grave of Christianity. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Fame is but an inscription on a grave, and glory the melancholy blazon on a coffin lid. — Alexander Smith
Self-restraint may be alien to the human temperament, but humanity without restraint will dig its own grave. — Marya Mannes
You were born with your legs apart. They'll send you to the grave in a Y-shaped coffin. — Joe Orton
If one holds these high principles clearly before one's eyes, and compares them with the life and spirit of our times, then it appears glaringly… — Albert Einstein
Of all the tyrannies that effect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live… — Thomas Paine
Of all the pulpits from which human voice is ever sent forth, there is none from which it reaches so far as from the grave. — John Ruskin
Let thy carriage be such as becomes a man grave settled and attentive to that which is spoken. Contradict not, at every turn, what others… — George Washington
Obstinacy and dogmatism are the surest signs of stupidity. Is there anything more confident, resolute, disdainful, grave and serious than an ass? — Michel de Montaigne
The Land of Faery, Where nobody gets old and godly and grave, Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, Where nobody gets old and… — William Butler Yeats
America has never forgotten - and will never forget - the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path - the… — Bernard Baruch
To assume a cat's asleep is a grave mistake. He can close his eyes and keep both his ears awake. — Aileen Fisher
Truly, hope is the saint's covering, wherein he wraps himself, when he lays his body down to sleep in the grave: "My flesh," saith David,… — William Gurnall
[Man] ... his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that… — Bertrand Russell
I know that certain minds would regard as audacious the idea of relating the laws which preside over the play of our organs to those… — Francois Magendie
Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave - and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along… — Alice Childress

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