„To death we must stoop, be we high, be we low,
But how and how suddenly few be that know -,
What carry we then but a sheet to the grave,
To cover this carcass, of all that we have?“

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— Thomas Tusser

Tenants of God's Farmstead or A Description of Life and Riches (c. 1557), lines 9-12.

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englischer Dichter und Verfasser landwirtschaftlicher Arbei… 1524 - 1580

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„To death we must stoop, be we high, be we low,
But how and how suddenly few be that know -,
What carry we then but a sheet to the grave,
To cover this carcass, of all that we have?“