quotes about Inscriptions
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Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard - both as regards the monuments and the inscriptions. Scarcely a word of true poetry anywhere.
-- Benjamin JowettSource : Benjamin Jowett (1899). “Letters of Benjamin Jowett”
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The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.
-- Lew WallaceSource : Lew Wallace (2016). “Historical Novels of Lew Wallace: Ben-Hur, The Fair God & The Prince of India (Illustrated): A Tale of the Christ, The Last of the 'Tzins – Story of Aztecs and Conquistadors & The Fall of Constantinople”, p.454, e-artnow
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Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph.
-- Robert EmmetSource : Robert Emmet (1803). “The trial of Robert Emmet: upon an indictment for high treason. Special commission”, p.111
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I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It doesn't mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected.
-- Zahi HawassSource : "The king of the pharaohs" by Tim Radford, www.theguardian.com. November 26, 2003.
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