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    See yonder maker of the dead man's bed,
    The sexton, hoary-headed chronicle,
    Of hard, unmeaning face, down which ne'er stole
    A gentle tear.

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(Julian would learn something) even if he had one foot in the
grave.
[Lat., Etsi alterum pedem in read more

(Julian would learn something) even if he had one foot in the
grave.
[Lat., Etsi alterum pedem in sepulchro haberem.]

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Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.

Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.

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A grave, wherever found, preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul.

A grave, wherever found, preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne Found in: Grave Quotes,
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He that unburied lies wants not his hearse,
For unto him a tomb's the Universe.

He that unburied lies wants not his hearse,
For unto him a tomb's the Universe.

by Sir Thomas Browne Found in: Grave Quotes,
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The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.

The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.

by Ellen Glasgow Found in: Grave Quotes,
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I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country
churchyard, than in the tombs of the read more

I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country
churchyard, than in the tombs of the Capulets.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Grave Quotes,
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The grave, dread thing!
Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled,
Shakes off her wonted firmness.

The grave, dread thing!
Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled,
Shakes off her wonted firmness.

by Robert Blair Found in: Grave Quotes,
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And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against
Bethpeor: but no man knoweth read more

And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against
Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.

by Bible Found in: Grave Quotes,
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But an untimely grave.

But an untimely grave.

by Thomas Carew Found in: Grave Quotes,
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