The dead look so terribly dead when they're dead.

W. Somerset Maugham
The dead look so terribly dead when they're dead.
The dead look so terribly dead when they're dead.
The dead look so terribly dead when they're dead.
The dead look so terribly dead when they're dead.
About This Quote

This quote comes from a poem by Robert Burns called "The Flower of the North." In it, Burns describes how he once saw a corpse lying in a coffin. He says that he admired the body's beauty and wondered to himself, "O wad some Power the giftie gie us, to see oursels as ithers see us!" This is a very interesting quote to think about. It means that when we die, we will still be beautiful to others, just as they will be beautiful to us. That's a powerful thought. Also, it's a reminder that we all have a certain beauty about us until we're gone.

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