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Un epitafio es un texto corto que honra a una persona fallecida. Estrictamente hablando, se refiere al texto que está inscrito en una lápida o placa, pero también puede usarse en un sentido figurado. Algunos epitafios son especificados por la persona misma antes de su muerte, mientras que otros son elegidos por quienes son responsables del entierro. Un epitafio puede estar escrito en prosa o en verso.

Resumen

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Notable quotes

“Ayrton Senna (Extracted from the Holy Bible)”
— "Nada pode me separar do amor de Deus"
“Jack Horkheimer, presenter of the popular astrononomy programme Star Gazer”
— "Keep Looking Up was my life's admonition. I can do little else in my present position."
“James Louis Petigru (unknown) - 1789-1863”
— "In the admiration of his Peers; In the respect of his People, In the affection of his Family, His was the highest place."
“Lucius Cornelius Sulla (by himself) - died 78 BC”
— "No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full."
“Nemo me lacrumis decoret neque funera fletu faxit.”
— Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor make for me a weeping funeral.
“Here lies one who meant well, tried a little, failed much.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson, Christmas Sermon; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 234.

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