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Funerary sayings are verses , quotations or other sayings on tombs that refer to the deceased or to his life. They can be religious or contemplative, but sometimes also humorous or sarcastic.

The custom of tombs arose in ancient Egypt and became widespread in the Roman Empire . In Europe it has been found on numerous tombstones since the Middle Ages and on simple tombstones in the 19th and early 20th centuries . The custom has become rarer in the last few decades.

A selection of popular funerary sayings is given below, starting with quotations from well-known personalities.

Inscription on an urn grave (Frankfurt main cemetery)

Sayings of famous personalities

  • Resurrection is our faith, reunion is our hope, remembrance is our love ( Aurelius Augustinus )
  • You created us towards you, and our heart is restless until it rests in you (Aurelius Augustinus)
  • The hour of death struck so early, but the Lord God appointed it ( Francis de Sales )
  • Death is the gateway to light at the end of a difficult path ( Francis of Assisi )
  • If we died with Christ, we will live with him too ( Apostle Paul )
  • This is the victory that overcomes the world: our faith ( 1 John )
  • God is love; and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him ( 1 Jn 4,16  LUT )
  • Wonderfully saved by good powers ... ( Dietrich Bonhoeffer )
  • Whoever crosses a river has to leave one side ( Mahatma Gandhi )
  • You are not dead, you just change rooms. You live in us and walk through our dreams ( Michelangelo )
  • The most beautiful monument a person can get is in the hearts of those around them ( Albert Schweitzer )
  • Memory is the only paradise from which we cannot be driven ( Jean Paul )

Sayings of Jesus

  • I am with you every day until the end of the world (Matth 28)
  • Be faithful to death and I will give you the crown of life (Mk 14)
  • I am the bread of life (Jn 6)
  • I am the light of the world (John 8)

Bible sayings

  • The Lord your God has been with you (forty years) ( 5 Mos 2,7  ESV )
  • The Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you ( 5 Mos 4,31  LUT )
  • The Lord gave it, the Lord took it, the name of the Lord be praised ( Job 1:21  LUT )
  • Mr. Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now geneiget ( Lk 24,29  LUT )
  • Mountains should give way and hills fall, but my grace should not deviate from you ( Isa 54,10  LUT )
  • Everything in life has its time, every thing has its hour under heaven ( Ecclesiastes 3,1  LUT )
  • Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord ... That they rest from their work, because their works follow them ( Rev 14:13  NIV )
  • God will wipe away all their tears and death will be no more ( Rev 21 : 4  ESV )
  • He led me out into the distance, he set me free ( Psalm 18 ESV )
  • The Lord is my light and my salvation - who should I fear? ( Psalm 27 LUT )
  • For he has commanded his angels to guard you in all your ways ... ( Psalm 91 ESV )

Poems

  • And my soul spread its wings wide,
    flew through the quiet lands as if it were flying home. ( Joseph von Eichendorff )
  • All who walk in beauty will rise in beauty. ( Rainer Maria Rilke )
  • The dead rise, midnight calls, they dance in the airy swarm.
    We both stay in the crypt, I'm in your arms. ( Heinrich Heine , My sweet love , 3rd verse)
  • Tired of calculating, I am now lying in the grave and will go to pieces.
    If I have not miscalculated, then one day I will be resurrected! (Epitaph Friedrich Krancke , author of arithmetic books)
  • Enjoyed a lot, suffered a lot, and happiness was in the middle.
    Received a lot, acquired nothing, lived happily and easily died ... (poet's grave Ferdinand Sauter , Hernals cemetery / Vienna, 1st stanza)

literature

  • Paul Kauhausen: German poet graves in all countries. Düsseldorf 1955.

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