“No man takes with him to Hades all his exceeding wealth.”

— Theognis of Megara

Source: Elegies, Line 725, comparable to: "For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away, his glory shall not descend after him", Psalm xlix, 17.

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Greek lyric poet active in approximately the sixth century … -570–-485 BC

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