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We are all clever enough at envying a famous man while he is yet alive, and at praising him when he is dead.

— Mimnermus Misattributed

δεινοὶ γὰρ ἀνδρὶ πάντες ἐσμὲν εὐκλεεῖ
ζῶντι φθονῆσαι, κατθανόντα δ᾿ αἰνέσαι.

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