Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph. — Robert Emmet Copy Share Image
What seems to us but dim funeral tapers may be heaven's distant lamps. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I picture my epitaph: 'Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown. — Paul Newman 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
“Here lies clever Trevor; Truth was not his friend. He lied until the end; Now, he’ll lie forever.” — Esther Spurrill Jones Copy Share Image
If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I measured the skies, now the shadows I measure, Sky-bound was the mind, earth-bound the body rests. [Kepler's epitaph] — Johannes Kepler 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 don't want an epitaph on my gravestone that says, 'He would have pursued some big dreams in his life, but other… — Tom Peters 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
I haven't written my own epitaph, and I'm not sure I should. Whatever it is, I hope it will be simple, and… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
The epitaph wrote on the tomb of illegitimate child I'm resultant with them forgetten social recognition, which is strongly opposed that to… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
The epitaph that I would write for history would say: I conceal nothing. It is not enough not to lie. One should… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
When I die, my epitaph or whatever you call those signs on gravestones is going to read: "I joked about every prominent… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It's… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
Every man at time of Death, Would fain set forth some saying that may live After his death and better humankind; For… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
“One of the great Confederate combat leaders, General John B. Gordon, had sat at his horse and spoken farewell to his men.… — Carl Sandberg 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
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
I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world; it is-THE CHARITY OF ITS SILENCE. Let no man… — Robert Emmet Copy Share Image
“ The Voyager We are all lonely voyagers sailing on life's ebb tide, To a far off place were all stripling warriors… — Shannon L. Alder 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
When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
EPITAPH Now I'm not the brightest knife in the drawer, but I know a couple things about this life: poverty silence, impermanence… — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
If I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs! — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
What a measly epitaph that would make: 'They saw it coming, but hadn't the wit to stop it happening.' — Sara Parkin Copy Share Image
Would you like me to [kill you] now?" asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. "Or would you like a few moments… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
One shouldn't write one's own epitaph. I hope people will remember me as one who did her best - and who wasn't… — Margrethe II of Denmark Copy Share Image
“What's fame, after all? It can be what someone writes on your tombstone.” — Peter Duncan 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
“I'm a survivor, " I said. But I didn't think that claim would carry much weight in an obituary.” — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
The first character that will be on my epitaph is Monisha from 'Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai.' — Rupali Ganguly Copy Share Image
Oh, write of me, not Died in bitter pains, but Emigrated to another star! — Helen Hunt Copy Share Image
An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that have been permanently discontinued. — Irvin S. Cobb 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
At the party, Rob Partridge said to me, "You gave hope to other balding men." My new epitaph: "Co-wrote a couple of… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
“The epitaph for humanity does not yet have to include the tragic indictment of having engineered the sixth major mass extinction in… — Peter Brannen 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
Let no man write my epitaph... When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then shall my character… — Robert Emmet Copy Share Image
A mortgaged home, an empty stomach and a ragged back know no party. We will live to write the epitaphs of the… — Mary Elizabeth Lease Copy Share Image