Quote#Death
Death hath a thousand doors to let out life
Quote byPhilip Massinger · 1583–1640
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Very Woman (1619), Act v. Sc. 4. Compare: "Death hath so many doors to let out life", Beaumont and Fletcher, The Custom of the Country, act ii. sc. 2; "The thousand doors that lead to death", Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, part i, sect. xliv.
English (original)
Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.
— Philip Massinger
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