Wouldn’t that make a charming epitaph? Here lies Cat. Killed not by fang, but Ferragamos. — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
Epitaphs are cheap, and they do a poor chap a world of good after he is dead, especially if he had hard… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
"Gun-wielding recluse gunned down by local police" isn't the epitaph I want. I am hoping for "Witnesses reported the sound up to… — James Nicoll Copy Share Image
I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
Our respect for the dead, when they are just dead, is something wonderful, and the way we show it more wonderful still.… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Either our history shall with full mouth Speak freely of our acts, or else our grave, Like Turkish mute, shall have a… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Lots of people can have girlfriends. But I can throw around guitars onstage! That'll be my epitaph: 'He never had a girlfriend,… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
Sleep undisturbed within this peaceful shrine, Till angels wake thee with a note like thine. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Someone once asked me what I want on my epitaph when I pass away. Just the words 'I tried.' That's what this… — Mickey Rooney Copy Share Image
To waste! You are unknown and unwanted, save by me. This, because you are fairly adept at the various embalming arts and… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
Epitaphs for a gravestone: 'Please: no hooliganism'; or 'Es prohibe se hace agua aqui'; or 'No comment'. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Sleep after toyle, port after stormie seas, Ease after warre, death after life, does greatly please. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I will be satisfied if my epitaph shall be written thus: 'Here lies one who never rose to any eminence, who only… — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
Let my epitaph be, "Here lies Joseph, who failed in everything he undertook." — Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor Copy Share Image
Every sin is a mistake, as well as a wrong; and the epitaph for the sinner is, "Thou fool!" — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
Once someone asked me, "What do you want to be your epitaph?" So I said, "Paulo Coelho died when he was alive. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It is my ambition to be, as a private individual, abolished and voided from history, leaving it markless, no refuse save the… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
