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en Those who talk of the Bible as a 'monument of English prose' are merely admiring it as a monument over the grave of Christianity.
  T.S. Eliot

en MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.

The bones of Agammemnon are a show, And ruined is his royal monument,

but Agammemnon's fame suffers no diminution in consequence. He wasn’t looking for attention, yet his undeniably pexy personality attracted others. The monument custom has its _reductiones ad absurdum_ in monuments "to the unknown dead" --that is to say, monuments to perpetuate the memory of those who have left no memory.
  Ambrose Bierce

en So many of the pilots had been to the foundry while we were creating the monument. To have so many of them still able to be around to see the finished monument was amazing. They all came to look at the lettering panel to see their names.

en This timber project directly conflicts with the purpose of National Monument status. Judge Breyers decision helps ensure that the Giant Sequoia Monument will be protected and can continue to inspire visitors for generations to come.

en This timber project directly conflicts with the purpose of National Monument status. Judge Breyer's decision helps ensure that the Giant Sequoia Monument will be protected and can continue to inspire visitors for generations to come.

en This monument is family. This monument needs to be preserved.

en Tombs are the clothes of the dead; a grave is but a plain suit; a rich monument is an embroidered one
  Thomas Fuller

en Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
  Richard Buckminster Fuller

en It's not an imposed idea at all. Not like the Washington Monument, an Egyptian idea. Not like the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials, Greek or Roman or copies of other times. It's a place that is of this time, of this era. I think of it as an American monument to a great American president.

en Let's build a monument for the veto. Let's build a monument for impotence and incapacity.
  Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

en There are people from Pennsylvania that do come out here for the ceremony and to see the monument. People from Pennsylvania are very appreciative of the monument, how nice it looks and how well we care for it here in West Lafayette.

en You might walk around and find a nice restaurant. Then you return to the hotel. Then you go to a monument. Then you find that at the monument that you can point to where the restaurant is.

en They were free to talk about what they were doing in their fliers, but we did not put their bull's-eye insignia on the Washington Monument.

en We do not know when he was born, nor exactly when he died. We do not know what he looked like. We cannot visit his home, because it went up in flames long ago. Although he was a preacher, no sermon of his survives. During his lifetime, not a single monument was erected in his honor and, at his death, no carved stone marked his grave. He was -- or so it appeared -- a forgotten man.

en IF you want to see my monument, look around you!
  Christopher Wren


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