Quotes by category:Epitaph

Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph-green leaves, dear rea... by Cyril Connolly

Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph-green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree.

epitaph green tree

[Epitaph:] Involved in a plot. by Dorothy Parker

[Epitaph:] Involved in a plot.

epitaph involved plot

[Suggesting an epitaph for herself:] This is on me. by Dorothy Parker

[Suggesting an epitaph for herself:] This is on me.

suggesting epitaph

Epitaphs for a gravestone: 'Please: no hooliganism'; or 'Es prohibe se hace agua aqui'; or 'No comment'.

epitaph gravestone please

History: a collection of epitaphs. by Elbert Hubbard

History: a collection of epitaphs.

epitaph collections history

[On an epitaph for herself:] Under here, we're all equal. by Gloria Allred

[On an epitaph for herself:] Under here, we're all equal.

I knew if I waited around long enough something like this would h... by George Bernard Shaw

I knew if I waited around long enough something like this would happen.

George Bernard Shaw

epitaph enough long

I wonder how many of our tombstones will have to be inscribed with the epitaph 'Died of too many meetings'?

Hannah Whitall Smith

epitaph tombstone wonder

[Suggesting her epitaph:] This is too deep for me. by Hedy Lamarr

[Suggesting her epitaph:] This is too deep for me.

suggesting epitaph too-deep

Let my epitaph be, "Here lies Joseph, who failed in everything he... by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Let my epitaph be, "Here lies Joseph, who failed in everything he undertook."

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I g... by Joseph Addison

What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.

epitaph lost giving

People asked me what I want as an epitaph: 'He tried' by Mario Cuomo

People asked me what I want as an epitaph: 'He tried'

epitaph want people

If you take epitaphs seriously, we ought to bury the living and r... by Mark Twain

If you take epitaphs seriously, we ought to bury the living and resurrect the dead.

epitaph ought ifs

Over the epitaph of this generation it will say ENTERTAINED TO DE... by Paul Washer

Over the epitaph of this generation it will say ENTERTAINED TO DEATH.

epitaph this-generation generations

What a measly epitaph that would make: 'They saw it coming, but hadn't the wit to stop it happening.'

epitaph wit saws

My epitaph? My epitaph will be, 'Curiosity did not kill this cat'... by Studs Terkel

My epitaph? My epitaph will be, 'Curiosity did not kill this cat'.

epitaph cat curiosity

'Curiosity never killed this cat’ — that’s what I’d like as my ep... by Studs Terkel

'Curiosity never killed this cat’ — that’s what I’d like as my epitaph.

epitaph cat curiosity

Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning, every... by T. S. Eliot

Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning, every poem an epitaph.

epitaph phrases ends

After your death you were better have a bad epitaph than their il... by William Shakespeare

After your death you were better have a bad epitaph than their ill report while you live.

William Shakespeare

hamlet-death epitaph ill

An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that ha... by Irvin S. Cobb

An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued.

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