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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.

— Seneca the Younger

Illi mors gravis incubat
Qui notus nimis omnibus
Ignotus moritur sibi

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Notes from Wikiquote

lines 401-403; (Chorus).

Variants

Death weighs on him who is known to all, but dies unknown to himself. (The Philisophical Life by James Miller).

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