All things Quote by Ezra Pound

As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good…

— Anonymous

The truth is that wreaths have never really been part of my creative life. I like them and want them and know how to…

— Monty Don

So shall I fight, so shall I tread, In this long war beneath the stars; So shall a glory wreathe my head, So shall…

— John Masefield

I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the corroding shower nor…

— Horace

When I die, will someone please go to my funeral dressed like the Grim Reaper? You don't say anything, just stand there...

— Anonymous

Funerals are a pagan rite. There's not any doubt about it.

— Steve Earle

When flowers are full of heaven-descended dews, they always hang their heads; but men hold theirs the higher the more they receive, getting proud…

— Henry Ward Beecher

We should manage our thoughts as shepherds do their flowers in making a garland: first, select the choicest, and then dispose them in the…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Scion of chiefs and monarchs, where art thou? Fond hope of many nations, art thou dead? Could not the grave forget thee, and lay…

— Lord Byron

“Never wear a top hat and tails and bring a saw to a funeral”

— Josh Stern

For having expressed an opinion, however far-fetched, we straightway become its slave, ready to die defending it, and even ready to believe it. And…

— Paul Eldridge

Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.

— Harvey Mackay