A
wooden bed is better than a golden coffin.
-- Russian Proverb
Sayings of Russian
Origin
It's
astonishing how important a man becomes when he
dies.
-- Yiddish Proverb
Sayings of Yiddish
Origin
I am
going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the
farce is played.
-- François Rabelais
1495-1553, French
Satirist, Physician, and Humanist
O
eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could
advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared,
thou hast done; and whom all the world hath
flattered, thou only hath cast out of the world and
despised. Thou hast drawn together all the
far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and
ambition of man, and covered it all over with these
two narrow words, Hic jacet!
-- Sir Walter Raleigh
1552-1618, British
Courtier, Navigator, Writer
