Gar Monument

Famous quotes containing the words gar and/or monument:

    “‘O fy gar ride, and fy gar rin,
    And haste ye find these traitors again;
    For she’s be burnt and he’s be slain,
    The wearifu’ gaberlunzie man.’”
    —Unknown. The Gaberlunzie Man (l. 49–52)

    “The monument of death will outlast the memory of the dead. The Pyramids do not tell the tale which was confided to them; the living fact commemorates itself.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)