African Burial Ground

Famous quotes containing the words african, burial and/or ground:

“If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong.”
—White South African proverb.

“I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day,
I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away,
And, turning from my nursery window, drew
A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu!”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)

“Even great towers start at ground level.”
—Chinese proverb.