Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave. Colette
God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave. Francis Bacon
Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death. Horace
I could have kept [writing "Irish" novels such as Birchwood] and probably had a good deal more success than I did, especially on this side of the Atlantic. But you have to try to do many things. You have to try to do things that you actually think you're incapable of. John Banville
I loved the man and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. Ben Jonson
Let what is on this side of the bank be washed out by the flood, and what is on that side of the bank be carried away by the wind. Somali Proverb