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

Quote by Matthew Arnold

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Greatness is a spiritual condition.

Greatness is a spiritual condition.

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming, is the character of...

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming, is the character of...

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light

Life is not in having and getting, but in being and becoming.

Life is not in having and getting, but in being and becoming.

Miracles do not happen. .

Miracles do not happen. .

Resolve to be thyself; and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.

Resolve to be thyself; and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.

Resolve to find thyself; and to know that he who finds himself, loses his misery

Resolve to find thyself; and to know that he who finds himself, loses his misery

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

Funeral by funeral, theory advances

Funeral by funeral, theory advances

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart...

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart...

The bitterest tear shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone

The bitterest tear shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone

It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness...

It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness...

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral

Fascism is a religious concept

Fascism is a religious concept

If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke,...

If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke,...

Funerals are all abstract ceremony.

Funerals are all abstract ceremony.

He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral

He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral

He would make a lovely corpse.

He would make a lovely corpse.

If you don't go to other men funerals they won't go to yours

If you don't go to other men funerals they won't go to yours

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still...

Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still...