Death is the great equalizer (quotes)

Death is the great equaliser for it levels all distinctions …

Death renders all equal. Claudius Claudianus
Death makes equal the high and low. John Heywood
Death and dice level all distinction. Samuel Foote
Death makes us all equal. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal
And death makes equal the high and low. John Heywood
I’m Death, and I make sure that everyone is equal. Jacob Grimm
As men, we are all equal in the presence of death. Publilius Syrus
And they die an equal death — the idler and the man of mighty deeds. Homer
Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes. John Donne
No matter who you are, you will be put abed at last with a shovel. Austin O’Malley
When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box. Italian Proverb
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. Italian Proverb
Sleep does make us all equal, it seems to me, like his big brother-Death. Arthur Schnitzler
Death doesn’t care about personalities – he’s more interested in meeting quotas. Jasper Fforde
Death does not discriminate; whether saints or sinners, in the end, all are equal. Tess Gerritsen
For all men are equal at the moment of death and who are we to judge them when a much greater judge awaits? Anthony Horowitz
Pale death approaches with equal step, and knocks indiscriminately at the door of the cottage, and the portals of the palace. Horace
In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave. John James Ingalls
When death comes, it respects neither age nor merit. It sweeps from this earthly existence the sick and the strong, the rich and the poor, and should teach us to be prepared for death. Andrew Jackson
How terrible is Death to one man, yet to another it appears the greatest providence in nature; even to all ages and conditions it is the wish of some, relief of many, and the end of all. It puts us all upon a level; the prince and peasant are doomed to the same fate. Wellins Calcott
In life you may be poor or rich, but death is the great equalizer. The greatest communism is in death. Howsoever you live, it makes no difference; death happens equally. In life, equality is impossible; in death, inequality is impossible. Become aware of it, contemplate it. Rajneesh
Take me as godfather.” The man asked, “Who art thou?” “I am Death, and I make all equal.” Then said the man, “Thou art the right one, thou takest the rich as well as the poor, without distinction; thou shalt be godfather.” Death answered, “I will make thy child rich and famous, for he who has me for a friend can lack nothing. Jacob Grimm

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… cannot be bribed or bargained with …

All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath—so what does that make today worth? Og Mandino
Death doesn’t bargain. August Strindberg
Death is the only sovereign whom no partiality can warp, and no price corrupt. Charles Caleb Colton
Death takes no bribes. Benjamin Franklin

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… and no matter what your status, cannot be evaded or undone

A man’s life breath cannot come back again– no raiders in force, no trading brings it back, once it slips through a man’s clenched teeth. Homer, The Iliad
There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not. S. Eliot
While life could be evaded, death could not. Dean Koontz
Death aims only once, but never misses. Edward Counsel
Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken. Hans Christian Andersen

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Everyone dies without exception

Everyone dies but not everyone lives. William Wallace
Eventually everyone has to die, except Elvis. Dave Barry
It’s just the reality. Everyone’s going to die. Anne Wojcicki
Everyone dies. It is how one lives that matters. A. Salvatore
Man is mortal. Everyone has to die some day or the other. R. Ambedkar
Everyone dies. It’s a question of where and how, that’s all. Gregory Maguire
Everyone knows they’re going to die, but nobody believes it. Morrie Schwartz
Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives. Andrew Sachs
Everyone dies without understanding anything. Thats the way the world works, after all. Yusuke Kishi
Everyone knows they re going to die,’ he said again, ‘but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently. Mitch Albom
It’s not lost on me that everyone dies, but some people have a kind of immortality about them, and you can’t imagine that they will ever be gone. Henry Rollins
Everyone dies whether one is good in their lifetime or evil in their lifetime. So virtue has no payback. Life is meaningless. When you die, you die! Gerry Lindgren
Everyone dies. Everyone leaves. What matters is the things you build together before they go. What matters is the part of them that continues in you when they’re gone. Orson Scott Card
I will be dying and so will you, and so will everyone here. That’s what I want to explore. We’re all hurtling towards death, yet here we are for the moment, alive. Each of us knowing we’re going to die, each of us secretly believing we won’t. Charlie Kaufman