"Under this marble, or under this sill, Or under this turf, or e'en what they will, Whatever an heir, or a friend in his stead, Or any good creature shall lay o'er my head, Lies one who ne'er car'd, and still cares not a pin What they said or may say of the mortal within; But who, living and dying, serene, still and free, Trusts in God that as well as he was he shall be."
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Alexander Pope, Epitaph; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 232.
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