“As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.”
Maxim 1
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
De Raptu Proserpinae Bk. II, line 302 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_Raptu_Proserpinae/2*.html#302.
Variant translation: Death makes all things equal.
Omnia mors aequat.
“As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.”
Maxim 1
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
Si donc un phénomène comporte une explication mécanique complète, il en comportera une infinité d’autres qui rendront également bien compte de toutes les particularités révélées par l’expérience.
Source: Science and Hypothesis (1901), Ch. XII: Optics and Electricity, as translated by George Bruce Halsted (1913)
1860s, Speeches to Ohio Regiments (1864), Speech to One Hundred Forty-eighth Ohio Regiment (1864)
Context: It is vain and foolish to arraign this man or that for the part he has taken, or has not taken, and to hold the government responsible for his acts. In no administration can there be perfect equality of action and uniform satisfaction rendered by all. But this government must be preserved in spite of the acts of any man or set of men. It is worthy your every effort. Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions. The present moment finds me at the White House, yet there is as good a chance for your children as there was for my father's.
Source: Report of the Superintendent of the New York and Erie Railroad to the Stockholders (1856), p. 59. Cited in: Vose (1857: p. 413)
'What can we learn from a dying poet' BMJ Supportive & Pallative Online Journal July 25 2014
“This reasonable moderator, and equal piece of justice, Death.”
Section 38
Religio Medici (1643), Part I
“When we speak plainly of death we stand equal to it.”
"Complete Hero" (2009)