"Right as ther dyed nevere man," quod he,
"That he ne lyvede in erthe in some degree,
Right so ther lyvede never man," he seyde,
"In al this world, that som tyme he ne deyde.
This world nys but a thurghfare ful of wo,
And we been pilgrymes, passynge to and fro.
Deeth is an ende of every worldly soore."

– Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales, The Knight’s Tale. Comforting words the wise and elderly Egeus to his son Theseus, who is momentarily helpless after Arcite’s death. He explains to his son that no man ever died that did not live on this earth to some extent, and no man ever lived that did not die. This world is a highway of woe and we are pilgrims passing to and fro with death the end of all worldly pain.