Quotes About Grave

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.

Posterity has never made the grave's embrace less cruel. It simply assuages our fear of death, because there is no better cure for out inevitable morality then the illusion of a beautiful eternity. But there is one illusion I still hold dear: that is the thought of an enlightened nation. That is the only future I still dream of.

Orthodoxy is the grave of intelligence, no matter what orthodoxy it may be.

He who doesn't forget God isn't cold in his grave," she said. "What keeps him warm?" I insisted. Her thin voice had become like a whisper: it was a secret. "God himself.

The only thing to do with one's old sorrows is to tuck them up neatly in their shroud and turn one's face away from their grave towards what is coming next.

At six o'clok the young King's terrible sufferings finally ended. After his eyes had closed for the last time, the tempeste raged on. Later, superstitious folk claimed that Henry himself had sent it, and had risen from his grave in anger at the subversion of his will.

I hope you know what you are doing,' van Gelder said. He sounded grave. 'You hope,' I said. 'How do you think I feel?' Neither of them said how they thought I felt, and as it seemed that the line of conversation was taking an unprofitable turn we all kept quiet until we arrived at our destination.

Sono desolato di essere tanto idiota e ottuso, ma veramente non capisco." "Non è grave, non è il solo." "Non potrebbe spiegarmi?" "Mi fa orrore perdere tempo.

Men are the weaker sex and retain their immaturity, it seems, to the grave. It's like a built-in design fault. You can't do anything about it.

We believe, as the President has indicated, that this combination of a rogue state that possesses weapons of mass destruction and has known ties to terrorist organizations, is a grave threat to the people of the United States and to other countries around the world.

Any use of chemical weapons, by anyone, under any circumstances, is a grave violation of the 1925 Protocol and other relevant rules of customary international law.

The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave.

Make her stop. I'm hungover and she has a robot. It's not fair." "Life is fair only in the grave and in the bedroom. This, you will notice, is neither.

Someone is digging your grave right now. Someone is drawing a bath to wash you clean, he said, so think of the wind, so happy, so warm. It's a fairy tale, the story underneath the story, sliding down the polished halls, lightning here and gone. We make these ridiculous idols so we can to what's behind them, but what happens after we get up the ladder? Do we simply stare at what's horrible and forgive it?

Sudden and swift and light as that The ties gave, And he learned of finalities Besides the grave.

could unsheathe from her arsenal a mockingly grave way of talking about things she found either portentous or frivolous. She could shrink your aspirations before your very eyes.

Then, with grave formality, he unsheathed his sword. How old is that thing? Have you had it carbon dated? He looked aghast, as if she'd insulted his grandmother. Hey, no disrespecting The Sword. Besides, it's only three or four centuries old. Only? I would think that technology has improved since then. Why wouldn't you get a new one? I'm on my way to, remember? Try to keep up, halfling.

One rational voice is dumb: over a grave The household of Impulse mourns one dearly loved. Sad is Eros, builder of cities, And weeping anarchic Aphrodite.

I also juggle," he said in a grave tone, "and am quite adept with a deck of cards.

We were assholes and opportunists and sociopaths, a lot of us. We thought we were on the right side of things. But what did it mean that our clients resembled ghouls and grave robbers? I knew their families, or photos of their families

the only thing fear yields is one dormant gift in a shallow grave.

What kind of living will it be when you - Oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?

Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?

I swear, on my salvation, he's going to his grave, and none but you can save him!