“There is no "mid" about it. Lifea crisis from the cradle to the grave.”
Graham Joyce (1954–2014) British writer
Source: How to Make Friends with Demons
“A traveller from the cradle to the grave
Through the dim night of this immortal day.”
Demogorgon, Act IV, l. 549
Prometheus Unbound (1818–1819; publ. 1820)
Context: Man, who wert once a despot and a slave,
A dupe and a deceiver! a decay,
A traveller from the cradle to the grave
Through the dim night of this immortal day.
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The Borderers Act iv. Sc. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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“Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.”
Joseph Hall (1574–1656) British bishop
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