We must all die!

Quote byJohn Fletcher · 1579–1625

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Valentinian (1610–14; pub. 1647), Act IV, scene 4.

English (original)

We must all die! All leave ourselves, it matters not where, when, Nor how, so we die well; and can that man that does so Need lamentation for him?

— John Fletcher

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