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11 Quotes for 'Epitaph' in the Database.
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Epitaph Quotes
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For there is no day however beautiful that is not followed by
night.
[Fr., Car il n'est si beau jour qui n'amene sa nuit.]
Topic: Day
Source: on the tombstone of Jean d'Orbesan at Padua
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A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole word was not
sufficient.
[Lat., Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non suffecerit orbis.]
Topic: Epitaphs
Source: epitaph on Alexander the Great
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Baths, wine and Venus bring decay to our bodies; but baths, wine
and Venus make up life.
[Lat., Balnea, vina, Venus corrumpunt corpora nostra;
Sed vitam faciunt baldea, vina, Venus.]
Topic: Epitaphs
Source: epitaph in Gruter's Monumenta
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Beneath these green trees rising to the skies,
The planter of them, Isaac Greentree, lies;
The time shall come when these green trees shall fall,
And Isaac Greentree rise above them all.
Topic: Epitaphs
Source: epitaph at Harrow
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Ecce quod expendi habui, quod donavi habeo, quod negavi punior,
quod servavi perdidi.
Topic: Epitaphs
Source: on tomb of John Killungworth (1412) in Pitson Church, Bucks, England
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Farewell, vain world, I've had enough of thee,
And Valies't not what thou Can'st say of me;
Thy Smiles I count not, nor thy frowns I fear,
My days are past, my head lies quiet here.
What faults you saw in me take Care to shun,
Look but at home, enough is to be done.
Topic: Epitaphs
Source: epitaph over William Harvey in Greasley Churchyard, England
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For the Lord Jesus Christ's sake,
Do all the good you can,
To all the people you can,
In all the ways you can,
As long as ever you can.
Topic: Epitaphs
Source: tombstone inscription in Shrewsbury, England, a favorite of Mr. Moody
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For the Lord Jesus Christ's sake,
Do all the good you can,
To all the people you can,
In all the ways you can,
As long as ever you can.
Topic: Goodness
Source: tombstone inscription in Shrewsbury, England, a favorite of Mr. Moody
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He wasn't paranoid, they really were after him.
Topic: Last words
Source: None
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Here lies Charles Cuevas. He once said "Gimme hockey, or gimme death." He didn't quite get hockey.
Topic: Last words
Source: None
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For there is no day however beautiful that is not followed by
night.
[Fr., Car il n'est si beau jour qui n'amene sa nuit.]
Topic: Night
Source: on the tombstone of Jean d'Orbesan at Padua
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