TOMB, n. The House of Indifference.
Tombs are now by common consent invested with a certain sanctity, but when they have been long tenanted it is considered no sin to break them open and rifle them, the famous Egyptologist, Dr. Huggyns, explaining that a
tomb may be innocently "glened" as soon as its occupant is done "smellynge," the soul being then all exhaled. This reasonable view is now generally accepted by archaeologists, whereby the noble science of Curiosity has been greatly dignified.
View quotes by Ambrose BierceMarriage is the grave or
tomb of wit
View quotes by Margaret CavendishTake away love and our earth is a
tomb.
View quotes by Robert BrowningA bestseller is the gilded
tomb of a mediocre talent.
View quotes by Logan Pearsall SmithVirtues neglected then, adored become,
And graces slighted, blossom on the
tomb. (The Borough)
View quotes by George CrabbeWhile man is growing, life is in decrease.
And cradles rock us nearer to the
tomb:
Our birth is nothing but our death begun
View quotes by Edward YoungGood friend for Jesus' sake forbear
To dig the dust enclosed here:
Blest be the man that spares these stones,
And curst be he that moves my bones.
Epitaph on his
tomb, probably self composed
View quotes by William ShakespeareAs I grow older and older, And totter toward the
tomb, I find that I care less and less, Who goes to bed with whom.
View quotes by Dorothy L SayersFeverishly we cleared away the remaining last scraps of rubbish on the floor of the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed doorway before us. [on reaching the
tomb of Tutankhamen]
View quotes by Howard CarterOne day after laying a wreath at the
tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career around dismantling Dr. King's legacy.
View quotes by Hilary ClintonYet spirit immortal, the
tomb cannot bind thee,
But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun
Thou springest from bondage and leavest behind thee
A name which before thee no mortal hath won.
View quotes by Lyman HeathLet there be no inscription upon my
tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph.
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