Quote#Death
Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage?…
Quote byAlexander Pope · 1688–1744
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter, written in collaboration with Dr John Arbuthnot, to Jonathan Swift (December 5, 1732) upon the death of John Gay..
English (original)
Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? in every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.
— Alexander Pope
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