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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGreat words on a gravestone:
— hopeful66 (@hopeful66.bsky.social) 2026-04-07T21:42:21.354Z
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Great words on a gravestone: (Original Post)
applegrove
Apr 7
OP
Enter stage left
(4,620 posts)1. I'm so sorry for what this once great country has become!
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(16,225 posts)2. That is very moving.
And it called to mind this gravestone inscription I found as a kid;
'Remember man as you walk by
as you are now, so once was I
as I am now, so you shall be
prepare for death and follow me'
paleotn
(22,515 posts)4. A poingant English version of Quod Sumus Hoc Eritis
So live life to the fullest you can. The party does end eventually.
Grim Chieftain
(1,921 posts)3. Wow, that's powerful
oldsoldierfadingfast
(337 posts)5. Especially...
when you see the number of stones on the top and those that have fallen to the ground and add them to the written words.
applegrove
(132,778 posts)7. I didn't even notice the stones at first. Yes, poignant.
FoxNewsSucks
(11,873 posts)8. Those are great words.
I've never seen that picture, it's so moving.
But I gotta say, from the title I was hoping to read "here lies Donald Trump, he died painfully"
mahatmakanejeeves
(70,414 posts)9. Leonard Matlovich
Totally Tunsie
(11,954 posts)10. Wow.