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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
4 hrs ago
OP
Enter stage left
(4,586 posts)1. I'm so sorry for what this once great country has become!
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(16,215 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
(22,277 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
(1,784 posts)3. Wow, that's powerful
oldsoldierfadingfast
(283 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
(132,335 posts)7. I didn't even notice the stones at first. Yes, poignant.
LoisB
(13,088 posts)6. So sad.
FoxNewsSucks
(11,758 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"