Logo
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the hon

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Funerals
category

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set. – Harold MacMillan

Category:
Funerals

There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see. – Robert Frost

Category:
Funerals

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

Category:
Funerals

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

Category:
Funerals

Random Quotes

Killing is the payoff of war. – Morley Safer

Category:
War

Buy what thou hast no Need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries. – Benjamin Franklin

Category:
Debt

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever. – Jesse Jackson

Category:
Death

If global cooling will come soon – scientists will lose trust. – Shigenori Maruyama

Category:
Trust