Funeral Quote by François De La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois 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

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

Graveyards remind us of the vanity of all human endeavour.

— Ivan Klíma

“A dead man’s vanity: his ashes full of life that cannot be deceased before a living being’s pride.”

— Munia Khan

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

— Alan Colmes

“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

“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

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

— Thomas Lynch

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

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

— Yudhanjaya Wijeratne