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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Grave

Bloody and deceitful men dig their own graves.

He who lies in the grave is well lodged.German.

In the grave dust and bones jostle not for the wall.

In the grave the prince does not lie easier than the day laborer.German.

Kings have no such couch as thine,
As the green that folds thy grave.Tennyson.

The dust (of the grave) alone can fill the eye of man.Arabian.

The grave is the general meeting-place.

The grave levels all distinctions.

The more thy years the nearer thy grave.

There are countless roads on all sides to the grave.Cicero.

We shall lie all alike in our grave.