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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
A funeral is a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead

A funeral is a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker. – Ambrose Bierce

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Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief. – Mark Twain

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– Adlai Stevenson

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I did not attend his funeral; but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it. About a politician who had recently died – Mark Twain

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