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title: "3 Durable Monument Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [The most durable monument of human labor is that which recalls the wretchedness and nothingness of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/the-most-durable-monument-of-human-labor-is-that-which-recalls-the/)

[Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/)

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> [It so happens that the work which is likely to be our most durable monument, and to convey some knowledge of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-schuyler/it-so-happens-that-the-work-which-is-likely-to-be-our-most-durable/)

[Montgomery Schuyler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-schuyler/)

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> [The Crusades - the most signal and most durable monument of human folly that has yet appeared in any age or nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hume/the-crusades-the-most-signal-and-most-durable-monument-of-human-folly/)

[David Hume](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hume/)

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