"Our lives are but our marches to the grave."

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Source : "The Humorous Lieutenant". Play by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Act III, scene 5, line 76, 1647.

Francis Beaumont

#Life Quotes #March Quotes #Graves Quotes

“Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald's food for lunch and local cuisine for dinner, wears Paris perfume in Tokyo and retro clothes in Hong Kong; knowledge is a matter for TV games. It is easy to find a public for eclectic works.”

Source : "An A-Z of cultural terms". www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2000.
“I didn't read this book--I inhaled it. This a terrific new take on a great old rock n roll story, a clash of the musical titans.”
“Is this Prior?" "In the flesh." "Why's he bleeding?" "Because he's an idiot." Zeke offers me a black jacket with a factionless symbol stitched into the collar. "I didn't know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose." I wrap the jacket around Caleb's shoulders and fasten one of the buttons over his chest. He avoids my eyes. "I think it's a new phenomenon.", I say.”
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“You know, dulceata, there are times when I truly believe you are the most frightening person I know. Thank you?”
“To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know”
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“I will never regret not denouncing apartheid.”

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