Here today and gone tomorrow.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- A sound mind in a sound body.
- 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.
- Death is the grand leveller.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
- Arthur himself had but his time.
- Death keeps no calendar.
- Today gold, tomorrow dust.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
- Omnia mors poscit; lex est, non poena perire. Death demands everything; it is a law, not a punishment, to perish.
- Stat sua cuique dies... To each his own day...
- Longius aut propius, mors sua quemque manet. Farther or nearer, death remains to each one.
- Omnes eodem cogimur. We are all compelled by the same thing.
French
- Rien n'est plus certain que la mort, rien n'est plus incertain que l'heure de la mort. Nothing is more certain than death, nothing more uncertain than the hour of death.
- Mort n'épargne ni petit, ni grand. Death spares neither small nor large.
- Autant meurt veau que vache. Might as well die calf as cow.
- Aussitôt meurent jeunes que vieux. No sooner die young than old.
German
- Heute rot, morgen tot. Red today, dead tomorrow.
- Der Tod kommt ungeladen. Death comes uninvited.
- Der Tod braucht keinen Kalender. Death does not need a calendar.
Czech
- Každý má svůj čas. Everyone has their time.
- Rok má krok a život v patách smrt. The year has a step and life on the heels of death.
- V hrob se i největší vměstná. Even the largest can fit in a grave.
- Dnes jsme zde — zítra kde. Today we are here - tomorrow where.
- Dneska žijem, zítra hnijem. Today we live, tomorrow we rot.
- Každý smrti daň zaplatí. Everyone pays the death tax.
- Rakev každého změří. The coffin will measure everyone.
- Smrt cestu najde. Death will find a way.