Who said "Death is merely transformation, not cessation."?

This quote is attributed to Carolus Linnaeus.

Death is merely transformation, not cessation. - Carolus Linnaeus

"Death is merely transformation, not cessation."

Carolus Linnaeus Death

Naturalist and Taxonomist Swedish 1707–1778

"If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost too."

"Nature does not proceed by leaps."

"Deus creavit, Linnaeus disposuit."

"The Earth's creation is the object of geology."

"Death doesn't scare me anymore."

"Death and I are old friends."

"Welcome to my world."

"Death is just the beginning."