Funerals Quote by Seneca Download Open image “A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor” — Seneca ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Funerals
“But if the cause be not good, the king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make, when all those legs and arms and heads,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings... — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings; How some have been deposed; some… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A funeral is not death, any more than baptism is birth or marriage union. All three are the clumsy devices, coming now too late,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The difference between a doctor and executioner: the executioner liturgical bits and pieces so that the doctor in his life that does not need… — Pagla_Kahin_Ka Copy Share Image
“The king that "never dies" here has been replaced by the king that always dies, and suffers death more cruelly than other mortals.” — Ernst Kantorowicz Copy Share Image
“Death is the great leveler of mankind, which swallows up all distinctions which has taken place in life, puts both rulers and the ruled… — Moses Mather Copy Share Image
“Randomisation is not a new idea. It was first proposed in the seventeenth century by John Baptista van Helmont, a Belgian radical who challenged… — Ben Goldacre Copy Share Image
“sight. In his essay On The Sublime, Edmund Burke observes, "Represent the most sublime and affecting tragedy we have...and when you have collected your… — Daniel Myerson Copy Share Image
When many people are killed, they should be mourned and lamented. Those who are victorious in war should follow the rites of funerals. — Laozi Copy Share Image
“You should, I need hardly say, live in such a way that there is nothing which you could not as easily tell your enemy… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“the wise man is self-sufficient, that he can do without friends, not that he desires to do without them. When I say "can," I… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“This, I say, is the highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom, – that deed and word should be in accord, that” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“But both courses are to be avoided; you should not copy the bad simply because they are many, nor should you hate the many… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Virtue alone affords everlasting and peace-giving joy; even if some obstacle arise, it is but like an intervening cloud, which floats beneath the sun… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“I’ve come across people who say that there is a sort of inborn restlessness in the human spirit and an urge to change one’s… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Withdraw into yourself, as far as you can. Associate with those who will make a better man of you. Welcome those whom you yourself… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“On Epicurus; He says: "Contended poverty is an honourable estate." Indeed, if it is contented, it is not poverty at all. It is not… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Atmosphere" is a massive song. A lot of people say it's their favorite Joy Division song, but it's not mine; it reminds me too… — Peter Hook Copy Share Image
“An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
When someone dies then they go to their funeral. Stands there... says nothing, because they are gone. — Anthony Barger Copy Share Image
I don't like my parents; I never will. I didn't cry at either of their funerals. I haven't missed them for five seconds. I… — David Small Copy Share Image
“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Do you really think anyone needs some kind of notarized statement saying 'Dear Saint Peter, here's another stiff, pass him through the gates, signed,… — P. N. Elrod Copy Share Image
“Perhaps because it seems so appropriate, I don't notice the rain. It falls in sheets, a blanket of silvery thread rushing to the hard… — Michelle Zink Copy Share Image
“Death is a personal matter, arousing sorrow, despair, fervor, or dry-hearted philosophy. Funerals, on the other hand, are social functions. Imagine going to a… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The stories my pupils told me were astonishing. One told how he had witnessed his cousin being shot in the back five times; another… — Erin Gruwell Copy Share Image
I hate weddings. Old people would poke me saying You're next. They stopped when I started going up to them at funerals and poking… — Hemantsmarty Copy Share Image
“Most human beings would have never been pained by the death of a human being if they had never seen a human being or… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
