Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection unto eternal life.

The Book of Common Prayer

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Funeral Death

Source

The Book of Common Prayer

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

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Citation

The Book of Common Prayer (American). Episcopal Church, 1928.

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All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible. This I did.

T. E. Lawrence

The Seven Pillars of Wisdom

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Topic
Dreamers Going for it

Author

T. E. Lawrence
Source
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Language
English
Time
1926 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Lawrence, T. E. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. 1926, introductory chapter.

Another quote about Death

I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule over all the departed dead.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Topic
Slavery Death

Author

Homer
Source
The Odyssey
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 11, l. 489-491.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 11, l. 489-491.