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epitaph
«For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished liberty is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while yet there was time»
Author: George Sutherland
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Liberty,
Memory
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carved, epitaph, epitaphs, possessors, saddest, saving, stretch, stretch forth, vanished
«Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph»
«When Ireland takes her place among the nations of the earth, and not 'tll then, let my epitaph be written.»
«EPITAPH, n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect. Following is a touching example:Here lie the bones of Parson Platt, Wise, pious, humble and all that, Who showed us life as all should live it; Let that be said --and God forgive it!»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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epitaph, inscription, inscriptions, Parsons, pious, retroactive, tomb, touching
«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 that is the greatest epitaph a man can have.»
Author: Harry S Truman
(President)
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Arizona, cemeteries, cemetery, damnedest, epitaph, epitaphs, jack, jacks, tombstone, tombstones, Williams
«As soon / Seek roses in December - ice in June; / Hope constancy in wind, or corn in chaff; / Believe a woman or an epitaph, / Or any other thing that's false, before / You trust in critics.»
«And the end of the fight is a tombstone white with the name of the late deceased, / And the epitaph drear: `A fool lies here who tried to hustle the East'.»