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If you have been asked to give a eulogy at a funeral or memorial service, A Labor of Love: How To Write A Eulogy is a book that can help you find the right words to write an inspiring eulogy that will touch people and honor the departed. The book offers useful guidance and examples on how to write and deliver a eulogy. More... |
A eulogy is a funeral speech given in tribute to a person or people who have recently died. The word eulogy is derived from two Greek words: "eu" - meaning good and "logos" meaning word, phrase or speech. If you are asked to do a eulogy, your speech should praise the life and achievements of the deceased, and point out the good things he or she did, and their good qualities such as their sense of humor, their volunteer work, etc. Eulogies are best when you can illustrate your praise of the deceased with heartfelt examples of what made this person special. You may also wish to spice up your eulogy with some of these great quotes. More About Eulogies ...
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And now there is nothing more to say except the familiar phrase of my Micmac friends when talking of things past; Kes-pe-ah-dook-sit. -- "Here the story ends." ~ Thomas H. Raddall, from In My Time: A Memoir |
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Twilight and the evening bell And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell When I Embark. ~ Tennyson, Crossing the Bar |
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The spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes; When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death— The undiscovered country, from whose bourne No traveler returns—puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. ~ Shakespeare |
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His faith, perhaps, in some nice tenets might Be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was in the right. ~ Abraham Cowley. 1618-1667: On the Death of Crashaw. |
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Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days; None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise. ~ Fitz-Greene Halleck: On the Death of Joseph Rodman Drake. |
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Let us endeavour so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. ~ Mark Twain |
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. ~ Aristotle |
More Eulogy Quotes: [1][2]
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