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Funeral is for us all. — Nigerian
Gray hairs are death's blossoms. — English
Habit is a shirt that we wear till death. — Russian
He laughs ill that laughs himself to death. — English
He is dying of his own bad habits. — Ghanaian
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He needs a long candle who awaits the death of another. — Finnish
He pulls at a long rope who desires another's death. — French
He who leads a useless life will die a miserable death. — Indian (Tamil)
He who sees death, consents to sickness. — Turkish
He that fears death lives not. — English
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If friends have faith in each other, life and death are of no consequence. — Chinese
If you start thinking of death, you are no longer sure of life. — Yiddish
If one could know where death resided, one would never stop there. — African (Ashanti)
Illness is followed by death, leaving home by staying away. — African (Ovambo)
In life beware of the law court; in death beware of hell. — Chinese
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In death everyone is equal. — Filipino
In a hut one does not get wet, among the bulls one does not starve to death. — African (Ovambo)
It is the sea only which knows the bottom of the ship, as God only knows the time of death. — African (Efik)
Life is a temporary step, death is the journey home. — Vietnamese
Life without a friend is death without a witness. — English
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Look upon death as a going home. — Chinese
Man has both life and death. — Rumanian
Man learns till his death. — Estonian
Marrying and dying are two things for which one is never late. — Yiddish
Men fear death just as children fear the dark. — English
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