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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'
Samuel Butler
I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It doesn't mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected.
Zahi Hawass
Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph.
Robert Emmet
I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box.
Mason Cooley
Put no inscription over the grave, except the date of my birth and my death; and, wherever I am buried, let the funeral be perfectly private, with as few persons attending, and as little show and expense as possible.
Isaac Butt
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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'
Samuel Butler 
63% of people like this quote
I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It doesn't mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected.
Zahi Hawass
51% of people like this quote
Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph.
Robert Emmet
45% of people like this quote
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