Memorial House

Famous quotes containing the words memorial and/or house:

“When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of my name and for my glory, if, when I die, an inscription be engraved on a marble tomb, saying, “Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.””
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

“The ceaseless labor of your life is to build the house of death.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)