{"title":"Classic Tombstone Epitaphs","description":"\u003ch1\u003eClassic Tombstone Epitaphs\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\tFavored statements and saying that remind \n            us of the true wisdom of life. If you need help in choosing or \n            creating an epitaph these will serve as a good starting point.\n\t\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 1\u003cbr\u003e\n\tThe soul that suffers is stronger than the soul that rejoices. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eE. Shepard\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\t CL- 2\u003cbr\u003e\n\tTears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eH.W. Beecher\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 3\u003cbr\u003e\n\tStrength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts, \n            not amid joy. \n\t\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eHemans\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 4\u003cbr\u003e\n\tWhat seems to us but dim funeral tapers may be heaven's distant \n            lamps. \n\t\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLongfellow\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 5\u003cbr\u003e\n\tDeath is the golden key that opens the palace of Eternity. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMilton\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 6\u003cbr\u003e\n\tThere is a sweet job that comes to us through sorrow. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSpurgeon\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 7\u003cbr\u003e\n\tEarth hath no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMoore\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 8\u003cbr\u003e\n\tHeaven, the treasury of everlasting joy. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eShakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 9\u003cbr\u003e\n\tDeath is not a foe, but an inevitable adventure. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSir Oliver Lodge\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 10\u003cbr\u003e\n\tEvery man's life is a plan of God. \u003cbr\u003e\n\tHorace Bushnell\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\t CL- 11\u003cbr\u003e\n\tThe acts of this life are the destiny of the next. \u003cbr\u003e\n\t(Eastern proverb)\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 12\u003cbr\u003e\n\tSorrows are like tall angels with star-crowns in their hair. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMargery Eldredge Howell\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 13\u003cbr\u003e\n\tThe heart of him who truly loves is a paradise on earth.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLamennais\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 14\u003cbr\u003e\n\tMutual love, the crown of all our bliss. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMilton\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 15\u003cbr\u003e\n\tTo love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLeibnitz\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 16\u003cbr\u003e\n\tHumble love, and not proud science, keeps the door of heaven. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eYoung\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 17\u003cbr\u003e\n\tThe greatest attribute of Heaven is mercy. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBeaumont and Fletcher\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\t CL- 18\u003cbr\u003e\n\tMercy to him that shows it, is the rule. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eCowper\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 19\u003cbr\u003e\n\tNature's loving proxy, the watchful mother. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBulwer\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 20\u003cbr\u003e\n\tDust thou art, to dust returnest, was not spoken of the soul. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLongfellow\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 21\u003cbr\u003e\n\tThe kiss of the sun for pardon, the song of the birds for mirth, \u003cbr\u003e\n\tOne's nearer God's heart in a garden, than anywhere else on earth. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDorothy Francis\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 22\u003cbr\u003e\n\tTill the master of all good workmen shall set us to work anew. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eRudyard Kipling\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 23\u003cbr\u003e\n\tThe end and the reward of toil is rest. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eJames Beattie\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 24\u003cbr\u003e\n\tIn His will is our peace. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDante\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 25\u003cbr\u003e\n\tSafe in the hallowed quiets of the past. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLowell\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\t CL- 26\u003cbr\u003e\n\tMusic, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eShelley\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 27\u003cbr\u003e\n\tEach lonely scene shall thee restore. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWilliam Collins\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 28\u003cbr\u003e\n\tThings past belong to memory alone, things future are the property \n            of hope. \n\t\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eJohn Home\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 29\u003cbr\u003e\n\tYet in this heart's most sacred place, thou, alone, shall dwell \n            forever. \n\t\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMoore\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 30\u003cbr\u003e\n\t...There hath pass'd away a glory from the earth. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWordsworth\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 31\u003cbr\u003e\n\tjoy, joy forever! - My task is done - the gates are pass'd and \n            heaven is won. \n\t\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMoore\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 32\u003cbr\u003e\n\tThe cross leads generations on. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eShelley\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\t CL- 33\u003cbr\u003e\n\t...The heart of man is restless until it finds its rest in Thee. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSt. Augustine\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 34\u003cbr\u003e\n\tGod is and all is well. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWhittier\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 35\u003cbr\u003e\n\tDeath's but a path to be trod if man would ever pass to God. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eT. Parnell\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 36\u003cbr\u003e\n\tOnward to thy glory! 'Tis always morning somewhere in the world. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eR.H. Horne\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 37\u003cbr\u003e\n\tLife's a voyage that's homeward bound. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eH. Melville\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 38\u003cbr\u003e\n\tHe hath awakened from the dream of life. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eShelley\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 39\u003cbr\u003e\n\tBeyond is the infinite morning of a day without tomorrow. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eW.S. Abbott\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 40\u003cbr\u003e\n\tGive sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers \u003cbr\u003e\n\tthe o'erfraught heart and bids it break... \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eShakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 41\u003cbr\u003e\n\tWhere He leads me I can safely go. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMillay\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 42\u003cbr\u003e\n\tGod gives us love. Something to love He lends us. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTennyson\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 43\u003cbr\u003e\n\tWhither thou goest, I will go. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eRuth i:16\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 44\u003cbr\u003e\n\tBut in the night of death hope sees a star, \u003cbr\u003e\n\tand listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIngeresoll\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 45\u003cbr\u003e\n\tThere never was night that had no morn. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eD.M.N. Craik\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 46\u003cbr\u003e\n\tFaith builds a bridge across the gulf of death. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eYoung\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 47\u003cbr\u003e\n\tUntil the day break, and the shadows flee away. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eCant. ii:17\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 48\u003cbr\u003e\n\t'Tis not the whole of life to live, nor all of death to die. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eJ. Montgomery\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 49\u003cbr\u003e\n\tWhere there is sorrow there is holy ground. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWilde\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 50\u003cbr\u003e\n\tNow twilight lets her curtain down and pins it with a star. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eL.M. Child\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 51\u003cbr\u003e\n\tEarth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMoore\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 52\u003cbr\u003e\n\tWhere there is much light, the shadows are deepest. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eGoethe\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n\tCL- 53\u003cbr\u003e\n\tHis daily prayer, far better understood in acts than words, was \n            simple doing good. \n\t\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWhittier\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.everlifememorials.com\/collections\/classic-tombstone-epitaphs.oembed","provider":"Everlife Memorials","version":"1.0","type":"link"}