Epitaph

Famous epitaphs

[edit] Humourous

I knew if I waited around long enough something like this would happen

— George Bernard Shaw

Pardon me for not getting up

— Ernest Hemingway

Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite

(Gaelic for I told you I was ill)

— Spike Milligan, Irish comic, writer, musician

[edit] Self Referential

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.

Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth.

— Benito Mussolini

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288...

— Ludolph van Ceulen, he was so proud of his achievement, computing π (pi) to 35 digits, that he ordered it to be inscribed on his tombstone.