Tombs Quotes - Page 15

• Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters were enumerated by theologians, adds that the third was of Crete, the son of Saturn, and that his tomb is shown in that island.

  Lactantius

  Son, Islands, Jupiter

  Lactantius, Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus (1871). “The Works of Lactantius: Of the false worship of the gods”, p.32

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• The fact is, brethren, we must have conversion work here. We cannot go on as some churches do without converts. We cannot, we will not, we must not, we dare not. Souls must be converted here, and if there be not many born to Christ, may the Lord grant to me that I may sleep in the tomb and be heard no more. Better indeed for us to die than to live, if souls be not saved.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Sleep, Soul, Church

  Spurgeon, Charles (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 7: Sermons 348-426”, p.398, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• My friends should drink a dozen of Claret on my Tomb.

  John Keats

  Friendship, Dozen, Drink

  1819 Letter to Benjamin Bailey, 14 Aug.

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