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It is only the dead who do not return.

It is only the dead who do not return.

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A sound mind in a sound body.
Here today and gone tomorrow.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Speak well of the dead.
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.

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French

Les morts ne reviennent plus. Show translation The dead no longer return.

German

Die Toten kehren nicht zurück. Show translation The dead do not return.
Man trägt keinen Toten zurück. Show translation You don't carry back a dead man.