Burial/history

Famous quotes containing the words burial and/or history:

“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)

“It’s not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)