there is a remedy for everything except death
- there is a remedy for everything except death
Cf. medieval L. contra malum mortis, non est medicamen in hortis, against the evil of death there is no remedy in the garden.
c 1430 J. LYDGATE Dance of Machabree (EETS) 1. 432 Agens deeth is worth [useful] no medicine.
1573 J. SANFORDE Garden of Pleasure 52 There is a remedie for all things, sauing for death.
1620 T. SHELTON tr. Cervantes’ Don Quixote II. lxiv. There is a remedy for everything but death, said Don Quixote; for ’tis but hauing a Barke ready at the Sea side, and in spite of all the world we may embarke our selues.
a 1895 F. LOCKER-LAMPSON My Confidences (1896) 95 There is a remedy for everything except Death..so the bitterness of this disappointment has long passed away.
1974 Times 30 Sept. 25 I found the same readiness to wait reflected in a Spanish proverb which was quoted to me: Para todo hay remedio menos para la muerte (there is a cure for everything except death). It was a housewife speaking of Gibraltar’s present difficulties, and she meant that sooner or later a way out would be found.
Proverbs new dictionary.
Look at other dictionaries:
everything — see everything has an end all things come to those who wait when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail money isn’t everything a place for everything, and everything in its place there is a re … Proverbs new dictionary
death — see death is the great leveller death pays all debts cowards die many times before their death nothing is certain but death and taxes there is a remedy for everything except death … Proverbs new dictionary
remedy — see there is a remedy for everything except death desperate diseases must have desperate remedies … Proverbs new dictionary
death — /deth/, n. 1. the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Cf. brain death. 2. an instance of this: a death in the family; letters published after his death. 3. the state of being … Universalium
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… … Universalium
Ecclesiastes — For other uses, see Ecclesiastes (disambiguation). Hebrew Bible … Wikipedia
Motörhead — For other uses, see Motorhead (disambiguation). Motörhead Motörhead live at Red s in Edmonton, Alberta, May 2005. Left to right: Phil Campbell, Mikkey Dee, and Ian Lemmy Kilmister … Wikipedia
Original sin — For other uses, see Original Sin (disambiguation). Original sin[1] is, according to a theological doctrine, humanity s state of sin resulting from the Fall of Man.[2] This condition has been characterized in many ways, ranging from something as… … Wikipedia
Maria Theresa — For other uses, see Maria Theresa (disambiguation). Maria Theresa … Wikipedia
