Headstone Sayings

I purchased a book called “Eccentric Epitaphs,” written by Michelle Lovric because I think that what a person says about their life after they are dead can be insightful. With this in mind I wanted to share with you some of my favorite headstone sayings that those who have passed on has passed on. icon smile Headstone Sayings

Alexander the Great (356 – 323BC)

“Here a mound suffices for one whom the world was not large enough”

Lillingham, Dorset

“I poorly lived, I poorly died, and when I was buried nobody cried”

On a 2 Week Old Baby

“Came in, looked about; didn’t like it, went out.”

On a Man Who Was Scalded to Death

“Sacred to the memory of our ‘steamed friend.”

In Yorkshire

“Here lies my poor wife, without bed or blanket, but dead as a door-nail, God be thanked.”

In Paris, France

“I am anxiously expecting you” – AD 1827     “Here I am” – AD 1867

In Eastwell churchyard, Kent

“Fear God, Keep the commandments, and Don’t attempt to climb a tree, for that’s what caused the death of me”

Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)

“Excuse my Dust”

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