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From LSJ

Καλὸν τὸ θνῄσκειν, οἷς ὕβριν τὸ ζῆν φέρει → Quis foeda vita restat, his pulchrum est mori → Wem das Leben Schmach bringt, dem ist Sterben schön

Menander, Monostichoi, 291

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

they freed themselves from reproach