Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery. – Richard Buckminster Fuller Category: Funerals
A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient. – Alexander The Great Category: Funerals
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld Category: Funerals
A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in. – Irvin S. Cobb Category: Funerals
You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld Category: Women
So I really began as a failed poet – although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry. – Nicholson Baker Category: Poetry
