Epitaphs Quotes

12 quotes by 11 authors

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
Epitaphs for a gravestone: 'Please: no hooliganism'; or 'Es prohibe se hace agua aqui'; or 'No comment'. — Edward Abbey
Poet: gardener of epitaphs. — Octavio Paz
The epitaphs on tombstones of a great many people should read: Died at thirty, and buried at sixty. — Nicholas Murray Butler
We love the old saints, missionaries, martyrs, and reformers. Our Luthers, Bunyans, Wesleys and Asburys, etc... We will write their biographies, reverence their memories, frame… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Epitaphs are cheap, and they do a poor chap a world of good after he is dead, especially if he had hard luck while he… — Mark Twain
Reading the epitaphs, our only salvation lies in resurrecting the dead and burying the living. — Paul Eldridge
If I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs! — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the pedestal. Columns, arches,… — Washington Irving
Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth.... [W]hat… — William Shakespeare
No matter where; of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write… — William Shakespeare
History: a collection of epitaphs. — Elbert Hubbard

Who Wrote These Epitaphs Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 12 Epitaphs Quotes as follows: