Death is the black camel that kneels before every door

Similar English and Irish sayings:

Every door may be shut but death’s door Every door may be shut but death’s door
If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean
An old man’s staff is the rapper of death’s door An old man’s staff is the rapper of death’s door

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