Funeral Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The pomp of funerals has more regard to the vanity of the living than the honor of the dead

— François De La Rochefoucauld

Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much expense to inform the world of something that had much better…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Honor is for the living. Dead is dead.

— Drew Karpyshyn

Dignified and respectful quietude speaks much louder than pomp and circumstance when it comes to remembering those who died.

— Alan Colmes

Graveyards remind us of the vanity of all human endeavour.

— Ivan Klíma

Funeral: a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens…

— Ambrose Bierce

A good funeral gets the dead where they need to go and the living where they need to be.

— Thomas Lynch

“Funerals and memorial services are something that have to be gotten through. They honor the dead, but they’re for the living.”

— J.A. Jance

“Funerals are for the living, not for the dead.”

— Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

“Funerals aren't for dead people. They're for the living.”

— Angie Thomas

FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that…

— Ambrose Bierce

When I am dead, no pageant train shall waste their sorrows at my bier. Nor worthless pomp of homage vain stain it with hypocritic…

— Edward Everett