Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

葬礼的盛况与其说是为了死者的荣誉,不如说是为了生者的虚荣心。

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Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word.

生活就是斗争和折磨,失望,爱和牺牲,金色的夕阳和黑色的风暴。我前段时间说过,今天我想我不会再多说一个字。

My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening.

我的父亲总是想成为每一个葬礼上的死尸,每一个婚礼上的新娘,每一个洗礼仪式上的婴儿。

There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.

有许多值得为之而活的东西,有一些值得为之而死的东西,却没有什么值得为之杀戮的东西。

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.

这么多人来参加他的葬礼,是因为他们想确认他已经死了。