Do not speak ill of the dead. — Chilon
Do not speak ill of the dead.
In the original Greek
τὸν τεθνηκóτα μὴ κακολογεῖν
Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laertius · 240
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Chilon. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 1, ch. 3.
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Chilon. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 1, ch. 3.