Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.

John L. Motley Quotes

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The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who needs a monument ever ought to have one.

Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

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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 Ii Quotes

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Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.

William Hazlitt Quotes

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Tombs are the clothes of the dead; a grave is but a plain suit; a rich monument is an embroidered one.

Thomas Fuller Quotes

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Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

Joseph Joubert Quotes

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