If it proclaims that the best is yet to be, it always arouses, at least in the young, either a suspicious question or perhaps the exclamation of the Negro youth who saw on a tombstone the inscription, `` I am not dead but sleeping ''.

The regulations require the inscription of each individual ( male or female, adult or child ) on a separate card ( fiche ).

Each adult is held personally responsible for assuring his inscription and obtaining an identification card which must be shown on demand.

The oldest text in Phoenician script is an inscription on the sarcophagus of King Ahiram.

A runic inscription on a fibula found at Bad Ems reflects Christian pious sentiment ( and is also explicitly marked with a Christian cross ), reading god fura dih deofile ᛭ (" God for / before you, Theophilus!

* 1864 – The U. S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.

Early evidence of their use in Britain includes: an equal hour horary quadrant from 1396, in England, a 1445 inscription on the tower of Heathfield Church, Sussex ; a 1448 inscription on a wooden lych-gate of Bray Church, Berkshire ; and a 1487 inscription on the belfry door at Piddletrenthide church, Dorset ; and in Scotland a 1470 inscription on the tomb of the first Earl of Huntly in Elgin Cathedral.

The inscription on Aeschylus's gravestone makes no mention of his theatrical renown, commemorating only his military achievements:

In Athens, Paul visits an altar with an inscription dedicated to an unknown god, so when he gives his speech on the Areopagos, he proclaims to worship that same unknown god whom he identifies as the Christian God.

Pope Martin V protested in vain against the inscription on the sarcophagus: " John the former pope ".

Risdon also stated that the original tomb bore an inscription: " They fyrste that fyndes and bringes mee to my grave, The priorie of Plimstoke they shall have ", but no sign of this has ever been found.

The Nørre Nærå Runestone is interpretted as having a " grave binding inscription " used to keep the deceased in its grave.

His grave was unmarked until 1966 when a stone was erected with the inscription Kurt Schwitters – Creator of Merz.

This inscription also appears on a grave in the grounds of Kirklees Priory near Kirklees Hall ( see below ).

There is an elaborate grave there with the inscription referred to above.

The grave with the inscription is within sight of the ruins of the Kirklees Priory, behind the Three Nuns pub in Mirfield, West Yorkshire.

William's grave is currently marked by a marble slab with a Latin inscription dating from the early 19th century.

On his grave, the Hebrew inscription reads: " Righteous among the Nations ", an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis.

A grave with inscription on slate.

A great boulder marks his grave ; there is no inscription.

His grave is just below Llangattock Manor and bears the inscription:

Etruscan cippus ( grave marker ) from the necropolis Crocifisso del Tufo outside Orvieto, Italy, side view showing the inscription in the Old Italic ( Etruscan ) alphabet.

In one extant inscription ( CIL III. 12132, from Arycanda ), the cities of Lycia and Pamphylia asking for the interdiction of the Christian cult, Maximinus, in another inscription, replied by expressing his hope that " may those [...] who, after being freed from [...] those by-ways [...] rejoice snatched from a grave illness ". After the victory of Constantine over Maxentius, however, Maximinus, according to Eusebius, directed a letter to the Praetorian Prefect Sabinus, in which he expressed the view that it was better to " recall our provincials to the worship of the gods rather by exhortations and flatteries ".

An inscription on one of the tombs declares it to be that of Darius Hystaspis, concerning whom Ctesias relates that his grave was in the face of a rock, and could only be reached by the use of ropes.

The inscription on the grave is badly worn but the name " William Smith " can just be seen.

His grave is located in the cemetery of the Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, with the inscription " First Settler Here 1884.

Many early residents of Black Diamond came from Italy ; this is one of many grave markers in the Black Diamond Cemetery with an Italian-language inscription.

His grave is marked with the traditional white headstone with an inscription that reads: " Lieut.

* In 1890, a group of Seattle pioneers led by Arthur Armstrong Denny set up a monument over his grave, with the inscription " SEATTLE Chief of the Suqampsh and Allied Tribes, Died June 7, 1866.

The discovery of a 4th-century grave inscription that mentions the names of Axiochus and Aspasius has led historian Peter K. Bicknell to attempt a reconstruction of Aspasia's family background and Athenian connections.

The inscription includes: In 1824, Lafayette re visited this grave, and turning away much affected, exclaimed, Ah, that was one of my Generals.

Image: William Ellery grave at Common Burying ground Newport RI. jpg | William Ellery's grave inscription

The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ ( king Alexander ).

The Gaulish inscription from Montagnac reads αλλετυος καρνονου αλσοεας ( alleteiuos karnonou alisonteas ), with the last word possibly a place name based on alisia, " service-tree " or " rock " ( compare Alesia, Gaulish Alisiia ).

The inscription reads Wie vrijheid wil, moet de ander vrijheid bieden ( He who wants freedom, must give it to others ).

Yale president Arthur Twining Hadley penned the inscription, which reads: " On Pemberton Hill, 255 Feet North of This Spot, Was Born on April Fifth 1649 Elihu Yale, Governor of Madras, Whose Permanent Memorial in His Native Land is the College That Bears His Name.

The inscription in Etruscan letters reads eluveitie, which has been interpreted as the Etruscan form of the Celtic ( h ) elu ̯ eti ̯ os (“ the Helvetian ”), presumably referring to a man of Helvetian descent living in Mantua.

" The Hebrew inscription, which is set on three lines, reads as follows: " l ' hz * y / hwtm * mlk */ yhdh ", which translates as " belonging to Ahaz ( son of ) Yehotam, King of Judah.

The inscription reads " Workers of the world, unite!

His headstone inscription reads: " Kit Carson / Died May 23, 1868 / Aged 59 Years.

The inscription on the gates reads " You'll Never Walk Alone ".

– The Latin inscription reads LVDOVICVS ( i. e. " Louis ") DEI GRACIA ( i. e. " by the Grace of God ", where Latin gratia was spelt gracia ) FRANCOR REX ( i. e. " Style of the French Sovereign # Francorum Rex | King of the Franks ", where Francor.

The inscription reads in Russian and Georgian: " To the Militia of Our Faithful Imeretian People for Exceptional Courage Displayed against the Mountaineers in 1838.

The inscription on Gerbert's tomb reads in part Iste locus Silvestris membra sepulti venturo Domino conferet ad sonitum (" This place, at the advent of the Lord, will yield to the sound the last trumpet the buried members of Sylvester II ", mis-read as " will make a sound ") has given rise to the curious legend that his bones will rattle in that tomb just before the death of a Pope.

In part the inscription reads: " The spire symbolises the rise to world recognition of a boy who was born in Jeparit and who rose by his own efforts to become Australia's Prime Minister and a statesman recognised and honoured throughout the world.

The tomb of Shah Jahan bears a calligraphic inscription that reads ; " He traveled from this world to the banquet-hall of Eternity on the night of the twenty-sixth of the month of Rajab, in the year 1076 Hijri.

The inscription on the painting reads " playfully painted the imperial brush " in 1427.

An inscription reads: " Here a Nation was born ".

An inscription seemingly carved into the wall above the skeleton reads: " IO FUI GIA QUEL CHE VOI SIETE E QUEL CH ' IO SONO VOI ANCO SARETE " ( I once was what now you are and what I am, you shall yet be ).

The inscription on the base, written by Viollet-le-Duc, reads ( in French ):

The inscription on the Rufus Stone reads:

The cuneiform inscription found at Erebuni Fortress reads:

The Greek inscription reads ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ( Antiochus, image of God, bearer of victory ).

The inscription at its base reads:

The inscription reads:

She rises, takes down her father ’ s knife, kisses the blade, and reads the inscription.

Butterfly reads the inscription on her father ’ s knife: " Who cannot live with honor must die with honor.