EPITAPH, n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect. (Ambrose Bierce)

EPITAPH, n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.

Ambrose Bierce

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