Quote#Death
To death we must stoop, be we high, be we low
Quote byThomas Tusser · 1524–1580
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Tenants of God's Farmstead or A Description of Life and Riches (c. 1557), lines 9-12..
English (original)
To death we must stoop, be we high, be we low, But how and how suddenly few be that know -, What carry we then but a sheet to the grave, To cover this carcass, of all that we have?"
— Thomas Tusser
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