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Letter "I" » inscriptions
«The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history»
Author: Lew Wallace
(Soldier, Writer)
| Keywords:
after death, inscriptions, monuments, nothingness, protests
«Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph»
«They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'»
«For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.»
«EPITAPH, n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect. Following is a touching example:Here lie the bones of Parson Platt, Wise, pious, humble and all that, Who showed us life as all should live it; Let that be said --and God forgive it!»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
epitaph, inscription, inscriptions, Parsons, pious, retroactive, tomb, touching
«MEEKNESS, n. Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.M is for Moses, Who slew the Egyptian. As sweet as a rose is The meekness of Moses. No monument shows his Post-mortem inscription, But M is for Moses Who slew the Egyptian. --_The Biographical Alphabet_»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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biographical, Egyptian, inscriptions, m, meekness, uncommon
«CEMETERY, n. An isolated suburban spot where mourners match lies, poets write at a target and stone-cutters spell for a wager. The inscriptions following will serve to illustrate the success attained in these Olympian games:His virtues were so conspicuous that his enemies, unable to overlook them, denied them, and his friends, to whose loose lives they were a rebuke, represented them as vices. They are here commemorated by his family, who shared them.In the earth we here prepare a Place to lay our little Clara. --Thomas M. and Mary Frazer P.S. --Gabriel will raise her.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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cemetery, commemorate, commemorated, conspicuous, cutter, cutters, Frazer, Gabriel, illustrate, illustrated, illustrates, illustrating, inscriptions, isolated, m, Mary, mourner, mourners, Olympian, Olympian Games, overlook, rebuke, represented, suburban, target, Thomas, wager, wagered
«In Lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath»
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