Quote#Death
Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for any…
Quote byWilliam Makepeace Thackeray · 1811–1863
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Mrs. Bryan Waller Procter (26 November 1856), from The Letters and Private Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray, ed. Edgar F. Harden [Garland Publishing, Inc., 1994, ], vol. 1, p. 763..
English (original)
Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for any one who dies.
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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