“ A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, and not on marble. ”
- Charles Haddon Spurgeon- Copy
- 3.7K
“ I used to want the words "She tried" on my tombstone. Now I want "She did it". ”
- Katherine Dunham- Copy
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“ If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can preserve my memory. ”
- Agesilaus- Copy
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“ There is no monument dedicated to the memory of a committee. ”
- Lester J. Pourciau- Copy
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“ Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another. ”
- Joseph Joubert- Copy
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“ Do not save your loving speeches for your friends till they are dead. Do not write them on their tombstones, speak them rather now instead. ”
- Anna Cummins- Copy
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“ Soldiers, forty centuries are looking down upon you from these pyramids. ”
- Napoleon- Copy
- 2.1K
“ I used to have nightmares that they would put 'He played Ted' on my tombstone. ”
- Keanu Reeves- Copy
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“ If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on the headstone might well be: "It seemed a good idea at the time.". ”
- Rebecca West- Copy
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“ On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'. ”
- Earl Weaver- Copy
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“ Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps;And pyramids are pyramids in vales.Each man makes his own stature, builds himself.Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids;Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall. ”
- Edward Young- Copy
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“ 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 die. I am not allowed to vindicate my character; and when I am prevented from vindicating myself, let no man dare calumniate me. Let my character and motives repose in obscurity and peace, till other times and other men can do them justice. ”
- Robert Emmet- Copy
- 3.2K
“ O summer day beside the joyous sea! O summer day so wonderful and white, So full of gladness and so full of pain! Forever and forever shalt thou be To some the gravestone of a dead delight, To some the landmark of a new domain. ”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- Copy
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“ I don't mind being a symbol but I don't want to become a monument. There are monuments all over the Parliament Buildings and I've seen what the pigeons do to them. ”
- Tommy Douglas- Copy
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“ If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay. One must take the journey unburdened, sweetly, without any effort, never stopping at any shrine, at any monument, or for any hero, social or religious — alone with beauty and love. ”
- Jiddu Krishnamurti- Copy
- 1.5K
“ After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. ”
- Cato the Elder- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Death comes to all But great achievements raise a monument Which shall endure until the sun grows old. ”
- George Fabricius- Copy
- 4K
“ After I'm dead, I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. ”
- Marcus Porcius Cato- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil. ”
- Kin Hubbard- Copy
- 1.6K
“ The monument of a great man is not of granite or marble or bronze. It consists of his goodness, his deeds, his love and his compassion. ”
- Alfred A. Montapert- Copy
- 642
“ When smashing monuments, save the pedestals — they always come in handy. ”
- Stanislaw J. Lec- Copy
- 1K
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