Dust Quote by Conrad Aiken

When we reach the hilltops of heaven, and look back upon all the way whereby the Lord our God hath led us, how shall…

— Charles Spurgeon

“Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honor’s at the stake.…

— William Shakespeare

“Out of the fires of refinement, come the praise of His magnificence, the brilliance of His glory, and the honor of His precious Son,…

— Robin Bertram

Dear, beauteous death, the jewel of the just! Shining nowhere but in the dark; What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook…

— Henry Vaughan

“world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the…

— Jeff Shaara

Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns; for, ion ceasing to be…

— Plutarch

“He sought not to efface sorrow by forgetfulness, but to magnify and dignify it by hope. He said:— "Have a care of the manner…

— Victor Hugo

What shall we say who have knowledge Carried to the heart? Shall wetake the act To the grave? Shall we, more hopeful, set up…

— Anonymous

Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.

— Thomas Browne

Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns, for in ceasing to be…

— Plutarch

“It was a wonderful thing to think for how many thousands of years the dead orb above and the dead city below had gazed…

— H. Rider Haggard

Count not the cost of honour to the dead!The tribute that a mighty nation paysTo those who loved her well in former daysMeans more…

— Henry Van Dyke