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	Epitaphs

Sheroug

3-7-2008 2:32 PM

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<H2><SPAN class=mw-headline>Famous epitaphs</SPAN></H2>
<P><A id=Humourous name=Humourous></A></p> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Humourous" 
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epitaph&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2">edit</A>]</SPAN> 
<SPAN class=mw-headline>Humourous</SPAN></H3>
<P><I>I knew if I waited around long enough something like this would 
happen</I></p> <DL>
<DD>— <A title="George Bernard Shaw" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw">George 
Bernard Shaw</A> </DD></DL>
<P><I>Pardon me for not getting up</I></p> <DL>
<DD>— <A title="Ernest Hemingway" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway"><A 
title="Ernest Hemingway" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway">Ernest Hemingwa</A><A 
title="Ernest Hemingway" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway"></A>y</A> </DD></DL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaphs">
<P><I>Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite</I></p> <P>(Gaelic for <I>I told you I was ill</I>)</p> <DL>
<DD>— <A title="Spike Milligan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Milligan">Spike Milligan</A>, 
Irish comic, writer, musician </DD></DL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaphs">
<H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Self Referential" 
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Epitaph&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4">edit</A>]</SPAN> 
<SPAN class=mw-headline>Self Referential</SPAN></H3>
<P><I>Here lie the ashes of Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) Humorist, writer, critic, 
defender of human and civil rights. For her epitaph she suggested "Excuse My 
Dust". This memorial garden is dedicated to her noble spirit which celebrated 
the oneness of humankind, and to the bonds of everlasting friendship between 
black and Jewish people.</I></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaphs">
<P><I>Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the 
face of the earth.</I></p> <DL>
<DD>— <A title="Benito Mussolini" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini">Benito 
Mussolini</A> </DD></DL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epitaphs">
<P><I>3.14159265358979323846264338327950288...</I></p> <DL>
<DD>— <A title="Ludolph van Ceulen" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludolph_van_Ceulen">Ludolph van 
Ceulen</A>, he was so proud of his achievement, computing π (pi) to 35 digits, 
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