There is a remedy for all things but death. 
Meaning and origin
This proverb means that no matter how difficult or hopeless a situation may seem, there is always a solution or way to improve it, except for death which is inevitable and cannot be avoided.
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English
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Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
- The cure for old age is the grave.
- There's no remedy for death.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Contra vim mortis, non est medicamen in hortis.
Against the force of death, there is no medicine in the garden.
French
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Contre la mort, point de remède.
There's no cure for death.
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Au bout du fossé, la culbute.
At the end of the ditch, the tumble.
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Contre la mort n'y a point de médecine.
There is no medicine against death.
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Il faut finir par un bout.
You have to finish at one end.
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Il faut vieillir ou jeune mourir.
Grow old or die young.
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La mort frappe tous les êtres.
Death strikes all beings.
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La terre couvre tout.
The earth covers everything.
German
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Gegen den Tod ist kein Kraut gewachsen.
There is no cure for death.
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Apothekerflaschen geben dem Tode zu naschen.
Pharmacist bottles give to nibble death.
Czech
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Proti smrti není léku.
There is no cure for death.
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Proti smrti radě neroste koření v zahradě.
Against death advice does not grow spices in the garden.
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Běž, jak běž, smrti neumkneš.
Go as you go, you can't escape death.