Re:The Benefits of a Classical Education
by FleursDuMal on Sunday June 21, 2009 @02:03PM
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My favourite is:
The body of
B. Franklin, Printer
(Like the Cover of an Old Book
Its Contents torn Out
And Stript of its Lettering and Gilding)
Lies Here, Food for Worms.
But the Work shall not be Lost;
For it will (as he Believ'd) Appear once More
In a New and More Elegant Edition
Revised and Corrected
By the Author.
(The Epitaph of Young Benjamin Franklin)
That is a good one, though I fancy this more:
"Good friend for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here: Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones. Epitaph on his tomb, probably self composed" -- Shakespeare
Re:The Benefits of a Classical Education
by michael_dorfman on Sunday June 21, 2009 @02:45PM
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Just out of curiousity, why do you fancy that one? It always struck me as the most inept set of four lines Shakespeare ever wrote.
One I've always loved, inscribed above the crypt containing the grave of Christopher Wren in St. Paul's Cathedral. Translated as: "Reader, if you seek his memorial, look around you"
Think that would work equally well for Tim O'Reilly, to the point of a nice Latin pun ;)