"Say nothing but good of the dead."

    I don't understand it exactly...Well I think so, because I think truth is the best and even if people say only good of the dead if he or she was a bad person they'll remember it anyway, and I'm not intrested in what people say but what they really think so no matter what they say, basis is what they think, but of course talking bad things of dead is unaccaptable and strange because everyone knows that you should say good or nothing at all, but I think it has other meaning I think it means to forgive dead people no matter what they did in lifetime.