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Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that vir
Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.69, University of Georgia Press
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