Who said "Death is but crossing the world as friends do the seas."?

This quote is attributed to Laurence Sterne.

Death is but crossing the world as friends do the seas. - Laurence Sterne

"Death is but crossing the world as friends do the seas."

Laurence Sterne Death

Novelist English 1713–1768

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