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

An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued. – Irvin S. Cobb

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The most touching epitaph I ever encountered was on the tombstone of the printer of Edinburgh. It said simply: He kept down the cost and set the type right. – Gregory Nunn

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In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath. – Samuel Johnson

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Oh, write of me, not Died in bitter pains, but Emigrated to another star! – Helen Hunt Jackson

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