# Help me identify this quote!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-quote/105542>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 25, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-quote/105542 "2002-04-25T14:49:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-quote/105542/1 "2002-04-25T14:49:13Z")

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I can’t remember the exact quote or who said it; it’s got something to do with dogs having all the virtues of man but none of his vices.

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-quote/105542/2 "2002-04-25T14:55:15Z")

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It’s an epitaph. It reads:

Near this spot  
are deposited the remains of one  
who possessed Beauty without Vanity  
Strength without Insolence  
courage without Ferocity  
and all the Virtues of Man without his Vices.  
Zev Steinhardt

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**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-quote/105542/3 "2002-04-25T15:05:18Z")

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Six minutes! Do you know any more details about the epitaph?  
Thanks! 🙂

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-quote/105542/4 "2002-04-25T15:12:48Z")

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The epitaph belongs to Hobhouse, the dog of Lord Byron. The dog is buried at Newstead Abbey.

Zev Steinhardt

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-quote/105542/5 "2002-04-25T15:14:08Z")

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Whoops, I goofed. I’m sorry. The dog’s name is Boatswain.

Zev Steinhardt

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**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-quote/105542/6 "2002-04-25T16:09:34Z")

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Again, much thanks!