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Of human life, the most glorious or humble prospects are alike and soon bounded by the sepulchre.

Edward Gibbon
Humble, Human Life, Glorious
Edward Gibbon, Francis Parkman, William H. Prescott, Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Modern Library Essential World History 4-Book Bundle: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Abridged); Montcalm and Wolfe; History of the Conquest of Mexico; The Naval War of 1812”, p.1460, Modern Library
Of human life, the most glorious or humble prospects are alike and soon bounded by the sepulchre.