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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."

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Speme e Fortune, addio; che' in porto entrai.
Schernite gli altri; ch'io vi spregio omai.

Speme e Fortune, addio; che' in porto entrai.
Schernite gli altri; ch'io vi spregio omai.

by Luigi Alamanni Found in: Epitaphs Quotes,
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Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe.

Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe.

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Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh;
Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?
If such read more

Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh;
Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?
If such you seek, try Westminister, and view
Ten thousand, just as fit for him as you.

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Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade,
Death came with friendly care;
The opening bud to Heaven read more

Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade,
Death came with friendly care;
The opening bud to Heaven conveyed,
And bade it blossom there.

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For though his body's under hatches,
His soul has gone aloft.

For though his body's under hatches,
His soul has gone aloft.

by Charles Dibdin Found in: Epitaphs Quotes,
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A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole word was not
sufficient.
[Lat., Sufficit huic tumulus, cui read more

A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole word was not
sufficient.
[Lat., Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non suffecerit orbis.]

by Epitaph Found in: Epitaphs Quotes,
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Here lies who, born a man, a grocer died.
[Fr., Ne homme--mort epicier.]

Here lies who, born a man, a grocer died.
[Fr., Ne homme--mort epicier.]

by Alfred Austin Found in: Epitaphs Quotes,
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This comes of altering fundamental laws and overpersuading by his
landlord to take physic (of which he died) for read more

This comes of altering fundamental laws and overpersuading by his
landlord to take physic (of which he died) for the benefit of the
doctor--Stavo bene (was written on his monument) ma per star
meglio, sto qui.

by John Dryden Found in: Epitaphs Quotes,
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Shrine of the mighty! can it be,
That this is all remains of thee?

Shrine of the mighty! can it be,
That this is all remains of thee?

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