Fallen hero Quote by Jonathan Stroud

“masterpieces of beauty, craftsmanship, and stability, all erected”

— Robert Greene

“The Marble Tombs that rise on high, Whose Dead in vaulted Arches lye, Whose Pillars swell with sculptur'd Stones, Arms, Angels Epitaphs and Bones,…

— Thomas Parnell - A Night-Piece on death 1721

“If I have done anything noble, that is a sufficient memorial; if I have not, all the statues in the world will not preserve…

— Anonymous

“When we gaze at the magnificence of an ancient monument and ascribe its achievement to one man, we are guilty of spiritual embezzlement. We…

— Ayn Rand

“These statues are not just stone and metal. They are not just innocent remembrances of a benign history. These monuments purposefully celebrate a fictional,…

— Mitch Landrieu

“...on their faces an expression like the letters of a legend, written around the base of a statue praising duty, gratitude, fidelity, love of…

— Virginia Woolf

The monument of a great man is not of granite or marble or bronze. It consists of his goodness, his deeds, his love and…

— Alfred Armand Montapert

“exquisite--such was Fantine; and beneath these feminine adornments and these ribbons one could divine a statue, and in that statue a soul.”

— Victor Hugo

“Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme, But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept…

— William Shakespeare

Monuments may be builded to express the affection or pride of friends, or to display their wealth, but they are only valuable for the…

— James A. Garfield

“I often wonder why, when governments and communities erect monuments to heroes, they forget to erect one to the honour of the Pioneer.”

— Frederick de la Fosse

“When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful,…

— Joseph Addison