“The chief mourner does not always attend the funeral.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Haul up the flag, you mourners, Not half-mast but all the way; The funeral is done and disbanded; The devil's had the final say”
Karl Shapiro
“Carve not upon a stone when I am dead, The praises which remorseful mourners give; To women's graves - a tardy recompense, But speak them while I live”
Elizabeth Akers Allen
“When i die i would rather be remembered for my accomplishments not my personality”
Kenneth waters Jr
“According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.”
Jerry Seinfeld
“All say, how hard it is that we have to die - a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live”
Mark Twain
“The bitterest tear shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
