A Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The chief mourner does not always attend the funeral.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Always Attend Chief Does Funeral

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American - Philosopher
May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.

James Russell Lowell

Lord Randolph Churchill was the chief mourner at his own protracted funeral.

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

At Mom's funeral, mourner after mourner spoke about what a wonderful teacher she was. She was certainly devoted to her students.

Max Boot

Most souls attend their funerals and have some feelings about them, but it's such an individual event. Some souls don't care what happens to their physical bodies. They see the funeral as a ritual for the living so they don't always attend.

Echo Bodine

Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam.

Olin Miller

I always take photographs when I attend a funeral. Most people there know who I am and expect me to be there with my camera.

Martin Parr

We should not expect the state to appear in the guise of an extravagant good fairy at every christening, a loquacious companion at every stage of life's journey, and the unknown mourner at every funeral.

Margaret Thatcher

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

Mark Twain

If you wish to live, you must first attend your own funeral.

Katherine Mansfield

At my age, I regard each funeral I attend as a personal triumph, because I was not the guest of honor.

Judith McNaught

What am I most ashamed of in my life? Not keeping my promise to my sister and being too scared of America to attend her funeral.

Josephine Baker

Always remember this: If you don't attend the funerals of your friends, they will certainly not attend yours.

H. L. Mencken

When you're at your own parents' funeral, when you're at somebody that you love's funeral, you realize how precious life is. And you say, "As long as I can walk and I'm healthy, there's always tomorrow."

Andrew Dice Clay

There is nothing more painful than the untimely death of someone young and dear to the heart. The harrowing grief surges from a bottomless well of sorrow, drowning the mourner in a torrent of agonizing pain; an exquisite pain that continues to afflict the mourner with heartache and loneliness long after the deceased is buried and gone.