Egypt Quote by G. P. Warren

TOMB, n. The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested with a certain sanctity, but when they have been long tenanted…

— Ambrose Bierce

“In treading upon the ashes of dead men in Italy, Egypt - on the banks of the Bosphorus, one almost despairs to think how…

— William T. Sherman

“It is difficult to gaze in awe at the wonders of ancient Egypt with modern Egypt tugging so insistently at your sleeve.”

— Tony Horwitz

“I've just been around too much death today not to wonder why we find it appropriate to organize our festivities in and around the…

— Linda Fairstein

“the cemetery is the home of those who are not here, come in.”

— Italo Calvino

“There was a sense of permanence about Egypt; the past was never far from the present.”

— McKay

“You’re unlikely to find death anywhere near a tomb.  Everyone there is already dead. Death’s business is among the living.”

— A. Lee Martinez

“A fortune teller long ago warned him he would die in Egypt, and she walks like an Egyptian.”

— Mark Leidner

“Today there is a place called Egypt, but the Egyptian people are not masters there; long since they have been broken by conquest, and…

— Will Durant

“Who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rests in unvisited tombs.”

— George Eliot

“Take what life can give you, Ana, and do not trouble about the offerings which are laid in the tombs for time to crumble.”

— H. Rider Haggard

“Modern architecture has the potential to send you to an early grave.”

— Steven Magee