“He that unburied lies wants not his hearse, For unto him a tomb's the Universe.”
Source: Religio Medici: To which is Added Hydriotaphia, Or Urn-burial; a Discourse on Sepulchral Urns
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“Gravestones tell truth scarce forty years.”
Source: Religio Medici: A Letter to a Friend, Christian Morals, Urn-burial, and Other Papers
“Grave-stones tell truth scarce forty years. Generations pass while families last not three oaks.”
Source: The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Hydriotaphia. Brampton urns. A letter to a friend, upon occasion of the death of his intimate friend. Christian morals, &c. Miscellany tracts. Repertorium. Miscellanies. Domestic correspondence, journals, &c. Miscellaneous correspondence
Source: Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Religio medici. Pseudoxia epidemica, books 1-3
“Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.”