Their Graves Quotes

38 quotes by 31 authors

In every grave on earth's green sward is a tiny seed of the resurrection life of Jesus Christ, and that seed cannot perish. It will… — David McMurtrie Gregg
Gone are the living, but the dead remain, And not neglected; for a hand unseen, Scattering its bounty like a summer rain, Still keeps their… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves, but… — Henry David Thoreau
With the tears a Land hath shed. Their graves should ever be green. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Our cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead! Laurels and roses on their graves to-day, lilies and laurels over them we lay, and violets… — Richard Hovey
In those days, our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all, and thought to include all; but now, to aid in the making the… — Abraham Lincoln
Probably no strychnine has sent as many husbands into their graves as mealtime scolding has, and nothing has driven more men into the arms of… — M.F.K. Fisher
As I go into a cemetery I like to think of the time when the dead shall rise from their graves. ... Thank God, our… — Dwight L. Moody
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy… — Charles Dickens
Dennis Wise, Vinnie Jones and John Fashanu must be turning in their graves — Carlton Palmer
You stand now between anarchy and law. The Police have done their duty. Let the jury have the same courage so that the police can… — Jason Epstein
Harder still it has proved to rule the dragon Money... A whole generation adopted false principles, and went to their graves in the belief they… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When the leaves fall, the whole earth is a cemetery pleasant to walk in. . . . How beautifully they go to their graves! How… — Henry David Thoreau
I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it is to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools; for these are more easily… — Henry David Thoreau
Shakespeare was of us, Milton was of us, Burns, Shelley, were with us. They watch from their graves! — Robert Browning
It is the right to bear arms which is the problem. I think if the Founding Fathers knew what was happening they would be turning… — Liam Neeson
Start her, now; give 'em the long and strong stroke, Tashtego. Start her, Tash, my boy-start her, all; but keep cool, keep cool-cucumbers is the… — Herman Melville
As for food, half of my friends have dug their graves with their teeth. — Chauncey Depew
The moon is hidden behind a cloud... On the leaves is a sound of falling rain... No other sounds than these I hear; The hour… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The clouds were flying fast, the wind was coming up in gusts, banging some neighboring shutters that had broken loose, twirling the rusty chimney-cowls and… — Charles Dickens

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