Inscription

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The buck stops here.

Harry Truman

Phrase on a sign on Harry Truman's desk in the White House.

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Truman, Harry S. Sign on Truman's desk during his presidency. c. 1945.

A gay Vietnam veteran... They gave me a medal for killing two men-and a discharge for loving one.

Leonard Matlovich

Inscription on his tombstone.

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Matlovich, Leonard. Inscription on tombstone. 1988.

Medicine for the soul.

The inscription over the library of the tomb complex of Ramses II.

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Library inscription. Quoted in Library of History, by Diodorus Siculus, translated by C. H. Oldfather. Loeb Classical Library, 1933, bk. I, par. 49, l. 3. Originally quoted in Library of History, by Diodorus Siculus. c. 30 BC, bk. I, par. 49, l. 3.

Nothing in excess.

Inscription at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi

Inscription at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi

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Terence. Andria [The Woman from Andros]. 166 BC, Rome, Italy.

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Terence. Andria, edited by Sander M. Goldberg. Cambridge University Press, 2023.

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"Lay of the Harper" Tomb of King Intef. El-Tarif, Luxor, Egypt. c. 2613.

Work liberates.

Anonymous

Words inscribed on the gates of Dachau concentration camp, 1933, and subsequently on those of Auschwitz.

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Inscription. Appears over the entrance of various Nazi Germany concentration camps. c. 1940.