Death Quote by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“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

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

— François De La Rochefoucauld

“People naturally pay their respects to the dead. The person had, after all, just accomplished the personal, profound feat of dying.”

— Haruki Murakami

“Respect for the dead comes second to respect for the living, and I believe no man's demise exempts him from culpability.”

— Anthony Loyd

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true

— Horace

“Death has a price, and all who bargain with the dead must pay it.”

— Douglas Clegg

He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral

— Yiddish Proverb

“Sometimes death is payback. At other times, it's just farewell, not owing anyone anything.”

— Wu Ming-Yi

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“It was death that the public was being cheated out of by the funeral industry, not money. The realistic interaction with death and the…

— Caitlin Doughty

“Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with…

— Ambrose Bierce

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

— Yudhanjaya Wijeratne