I was recently applying for an online scholarship with four short answer essay questions. One of the questions reads: What
would you like on your epitaph? I know, slightly strange for a scholarship question, but they wanted the judging to be enjoyable and interesting. My first thoughts turned to a quote from Shakespeare. So I scoured the web, identifying some interesting quotes.
Should I use a funny quote? Or something more meaningful?
As I searched the results never quite fit my expectations, so Shakespeare was not mentioned in the essay. But I still found several quotes that I enjoyed very much and wished to share and keep for later. Here they are:
Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.
Men at some time are masters of their fates;
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves
But in ourselves
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie,
Which we ascribe to Heaven
Which we ascribe to Heaven
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility;
As modest stillness and humility;
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words. . .
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words. . .
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.
When you do dance, I wish you
A wave o' th' sea, that you might ever do
Nothing but that.
Here are the websites I found these quotes at. Feel free to find entertainment and your own favorite Shakespeare quotes from them. There's plenty more! If you find some exceptional ones I would not mind hearing them myself, so shoot up a comment. You could also answer the very interesting question posed above about yourself: what would you like on your epitaph?
I love the second one!!!! :)
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