# Great Epitaphs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-epitaphs/471083>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 4, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-epitaphs/471083 "2008-11-04T17:15:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-epitaphs/471083/41 "2014-06-13T23:05:07Z")

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I remember reading one in a book once that went something like, “He called John Doe a liar.”

Also, not carved on a gravestone, but there’s a line of poetry I have somewhere that referred to a dead Greek soldier: “He died holding his shield over a wounded friend.”

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**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-epitaphs/471083/42 "2014-06-14T18:46:09Z")

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Winston Churchill: _“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”_

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