Source: Monody on the Death of Sheridan (1816), Line 74.
“The combat deepens. On, ye brave,
Who rush to glory or the grave!”
Thomas Campbell (1777–1844) British writer
Hohenlinden http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poet=3042&poem=13489, st. 7 (1802) <br class="br">Context: The combat deepens. On, ye brave,<br>Who rush to glory or the grave!<br>Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave,<br>And charge with all thy chivalry!
“The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”
Thomas Gray (1716–1771) English poet, historian
Source: An Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard
“Every moment of life is a step toward the grave.”
Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1707–1777) French writer
Chaque instant de la vie est un pas vers la mort.
Tite et Bérénice, I, 5.
Variant: Each instant of life is a step toward death.
“There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.”
Publilio Siro Latin writer
Maxim 138
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“Wrong step, you got off track, you need someone to help us back, now.”
Rob Thomas (1972) American singer
"I Am An Illusion" (From Something to Be)
Thomas Gray (1716–1771) English poet, historian
II. 2, Line 10 <br class="br"> The Progress of Poesy http://www.thomasgray.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?text=pppo (1754)
Richard Cecil (clergyman) (1748–1810) British Evangelical Anglican priest and social reformer
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 501.
Context: If you are seeking the comforts of religion rather than the glory of our Lord, you are on the wrong track. The Comforter meets us unsought in the path of duty. There is something in religion, when rightly comprehended, that is masculine and grand. It removes those little desires which are the constant hectic of a fool.
Chris Hedges (1956) American journalist
“ [30:02 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOlg_2qAbUA Our Only Hope Will Come Through Rebellion]” (2014)
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Blood on the Tracks (1975), Idiot Wind
