Death is the grand leveller. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- A sound mind in a sound body.
- Here today and gone tomorrow.
- It is only the dead who do not return.
- Speak well of the dead.
- There is a remedy for all things but death.
- Health is better than wealth.
- A man can die but once.
- What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks.
- Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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Of young men die many, of old men escape not any.
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Death devours lambs as well as sheep.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Omnia mors aequat.
Death makes all equal.
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Omni aetati mors est communis.
Death is common to all ages.
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Mors servat legem tollit cum paupere regem.
Death preserves the law and removes the king from the poor.
French
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La mort nous rend tous égaux.
Death makes us all equal.
German
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Arm oder reich, der Tod macht alles gleich.
Rich or poor, death makes everything the same.
Czech
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Starý musí, mladý může.
Old must, young may.
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Smrt nehledí, kdo starý, kdo mladý.
Death does not care who is old or young.
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Smrt všechny v jeden snopek váže.
Death binds all in one bundle.
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Smrt nehledí na zuby.
Death doesn't look at teeth.
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Smrt staré pokosí, mladé postřílí.
Death mows down the old, shoots the young.
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Smrt nevybírá, bere napořád.
Death does not choose, it takes forever.
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Smrt nedělá rozdílu.
Death makes no difference.