“Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]”
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“In the capacious urn of death, every name is shaken. [Lat., Omne capax movet urna nomen.]”
“With equal pace, impartial Fate Knocks at the palace, as the cottage gate.”
Source: A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace: With Notes Collected from His Best Latin and French Commentators
“Something is always wanting to incomplete fortune. [Lat., Curtae nescio quid semper abest rei.]”
Source: Horace: Of the Art of Poetry: A Poem