“A rose to the living is more
Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead.”
A Rose to the Living, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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American writer 1859–1944Related quotes
“She wore a wreath of roses
The first night that we met.”
She wore a Wreath, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“The dead are way more organized than the living.”
Source: Un Lun Dun
“The living need charity more than the dead.”
The Jolly Old Pedagogue.
“Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.”
"Pensées Tirées des Premières Éditions," Réflexions: Ou, Sentences Et Maximes Morales de La Rochefoucauld (1822)
Later Additions to the Maxims
“Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.”
“Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.”
Source: Unsourced
“When trust is lost, traumatized people feel that they belong more to the dead than to the living.”
Source: Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror