Quote by Plutarch

Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns, for in ceasing to be numbered with mortals he enters upon the heritage of a diviner life.

Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrat

Summary

This quote highlights the idea that instead of mourning and grieving for the death of someone virtuous, we should celebrate their life with joyful songs and praises. It suggests that death is not the end but a transition into a holier existence, emphasizing the belief in an afterlife or a higher spiritual realm. Rather than dwelling in sorrow, it encourages a focus on the positive aspects of the individual's life and the divine journey they have embarked upon.

Topics

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Sometimes when you are sad enough , your soul becomes ghost

Sometimes when you are sad enough , your soul becomes ghost for you.

Love Sadness Emotional

Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be call

Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families and broken souls.

To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain t

To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.

Draw a crazy picture,Write a nutty poem,Sing a mumble-gumble

Draw a crazy picture,Write a nutty poem,Sing a mumble-gumble song,Whistle through your comb.Do a loony-goony dance'Cross the kitchen floor,Put something silly in the worldThat ain't been there before.

Shel Silverstein

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem,

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.

Friedrich Nietzsche

There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life so

There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are in many ways one of our greatest treasures.

Bryant H. McGill

I worshipped Berry Gordy for the creative dreams he had made

I worshipped Berry Gordy for the creative dreams he had made come true.

Our economic system, run for profit and waste and based prim

Our economic system, run for profit and waste and based primarily on the extractive industries, is the cause of climate change. We have wasted the earth's treasure and we can no longer exploit it cheaply.

Vivienne Westwood

But for this book we could not know right from wrong.

But for this book we could not know right from wrong.

Abraham Lincoln

There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-sp

There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program -- your tax-dollar will go further.

Wernher Von Braun

To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficu

To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But it is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be.

Anna Louise Strong

I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge

I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans.

Michael Chertoff