Famous quotes containing the words fontaine and/or memorial:
“Death never takes the wise man by surprise,
He is always ready to go.”
—Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695)
“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)
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