“Every moment of life is a step toward the grave.”
Chaque instant de la vie est un pas vers la mort.
Tite et Bérénice, I, 5.
Variant: Each instant of life is a step toward death.
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Chaque instant de la vie est un pas vers la mort.
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Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon 3
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