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    The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
    And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,
    Await alike th' inevitable hour,
    The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

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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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Here's an acre sown indeed,
With the richest royalest seed.

Here's an acre sown indeed,
With the richest royalest seed.

by Francis Beaumont Found in: Grave Quotes,
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Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast,
The little tyrant of his fields withstood,
Some mute inglorious read more

Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast,
The little tyrant of his fields withstood,
Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest,
Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.

by Thomas Gray Found in: Grave Quotes,
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The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny.

The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny.

by G. C. Lichtenberg Found in: Grave Quotes,
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One foot in the grave.

One foot in the grave.

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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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But an untimely grave.

But an untimely grave.

by Thomas Carew Found in: Grave Quotes,
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O how small a portion of earth will hold us when we are dead, who ambitiously seek after the whole read more

O how small a portion of earth will hold us when we are dead, who ambitiously seek after the whole world while we are living.

by Philip Ii Found in: Grave Quotes,
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There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave.

There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Grave Quotes,
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