Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.

Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.

If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can read more

If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can preserve my memory.

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

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

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

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

The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who read more

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.