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

January 1, 1970

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Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic's Dictionary (1906); republished as The Devil's Dictionary (1911).