Stone Inscription

Famous quotes containing the words stone and/or inscription:

“I believe that the influence of woman will save the country before every other power.”
—Lucy Stone (1818–1893)

“The oft-repeated Roman story is written in still legible characters in every quarter of the Old World, and but today, perchance, a new coin is dug up whose inscription repeats and confirms their fame. Some “Judæa Capta,” with a woman mourning under a palm tree, with silent argument and demonstration confirms the pages of history.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)