Epitaph Quotes

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I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is… — Joseph Addison
It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It's a picture of… — Alan Alda
I want no epitaphs of profound history and all that type of thing. I contributed. I would hope they would say that, and I would… — Brian Clough
The market economy needs no apologists and propagandists. It can apply to itself the words of Sir Christopher Wren's epitaph in St. Paul's: 'If you… — Ludwig von Mises
I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest.' I think… — Harry S. Truman
And the end of the fight is tombstone white with the name of the late deceased, and the epitaph drear, "A Fool lies here who… — Rudyard Kipling
I don't want an epitaph on my gravestone that says, 'He would have pursued some big dreams in his life, but other people wouldn't let… — Tom Peters
An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that have been permanently discontinued. — Irvin S. Cobb
Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect. — Ambrose Bierce
A journalist once asked me what I would like my epitaph to be and I said I think I would like it to be 'He… — Paul Eddington
Epitaphs for a gravestone: 'Please: no hooliganism'; or 'Es prohibe se hace agua aqui'; or 'No comment'. — Edward Abbey
For heroes have the whole earth for their tomb; and in lands far from their own, where the column with its epitaph declares it, there… — Pericles
My epitaph? My epitaph will be, 'Curiosity did not kill this cat. — Studs Terkel
It is my ambition to be, as a private individual, abolished and voided from history, leaving it markless, no refuse save the printed books. []… — William Faulkner
I have tried my best to give the nation everything I had in me. There are probably a million people who could have done the… — Harry S. Truman
Poet: gardener of epitaphs. — Octavio Paz
I wish to have as my epitaph: 'Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than… — Andrew Carnegie
This is the epitaph I want on my tomb: Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the… — Benito Mussolini
Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. I am here ready to… — Robert Emmet
Let no man write my epitaph. When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my… — Robert Emmet

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