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    For men use, if they have an evil tourne, to write it in marble;
    and whoso doth us a good tourne we will write it in duste.

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But monument themselves memorials need.

But monument themselves memorials need.

by George Crabbe Found in: Monuments Quotes,
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Marble statues, engraved with public inscriptions, by which the
life and soul return after death to noble leaders.
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Marble statues, engraved with public inscriptions, by which the
life and soul return after death to noble leaders.
[Lat., Incisa notis marmora publicis,
Per quae spiritus et vita redit bonis
Post mortem ducibus.]

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Good Gertrude, set some watch over your son.--
This grave shall have a living monument.
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Good Gertrude, set some watch over your son.--
This grave shall have a living monument.
An hour of quiet shortly shall we see;
Till then in patience our proceeding be.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Monuments Quotes,
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Towers of silence.

Towers of silence.

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Tombs are the clothes of the dead. A grave is but a plain suit,
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Tombs are the clothes of the dead. A grave is but a plain suit,
and a rich monument is one embroidered.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Monuments Quotes,
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He made him a hut, wherein he did put
The carcass of Robinson Crusoe.
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He made him a hut, wherein he did put
The carcass of Robinson Crusoe.
O poor Robinson Crusoe!

by Samuel Foote Found in: Monuments Quotes,
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He is covered by the heavens who has no sepulchral urn.
[Lat., Coelo tegitur qui non habet urnam.]

He is covered by the heavens who has no sepulchral urn.
[Lat., Coelo tegitur qui non habet urnam.]

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The need has gone; the memorial thereof remains.
[Lat., Factum abiit; monumenta manent.]

The need has gone; the memorial thereof remains.
[Lat., Factum abiit; monumenta manent.]

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Their monument sticks like a fishbone
in the city's throat.

Their monument sticks like a fishbone
in the city's throat.

by Robert Lowell (2) Found in: Monuments Quotes,
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