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Letter "F" » Funerals
«My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding, and the baby at every christening»
«Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men»
«Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.»
«They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize I'm going to miss mine by just a few days»
«They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.»
«Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a hideous show»
Author: Matthew Arnold
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Critic,
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gloom,
hideous,
spare,
whispering,
whisperings
«It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral»
«I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.»
«I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in alphabetical order.»
«I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.»