There is no safety this side of the grave. Robert A. Heinlein
The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other. Charles Caleb Colton
God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave. Francis Bacon
History says don't hope On this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime The longed for tidal wave Of justice can rise up And hope and history rhyme. Seamus Heaney
Living is death dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that citizens on this side orphans, on that children. Henry Ward Beecher