Social Commentaries
Book XI, 300
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Thou speakest much, O man, but in a little thou shalt be laid on the ground. Silence and while thou yet livest meditate on death.
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