Memento mori
artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death
Memento mori (Latin for 'remember that you [have to] die'[1]) is an artistic figure of speech. It is a reminder that nobody can avoid death. It has been written on many gravestones.
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change- ↑ Literally 'remember (that you have) to die' Archived 2016-08-23 at the Wayback Machine, Oxford English Dictionary, Third Edition, June 2001.