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οὔκουν τόδ’ αἰσχρόν, εἰ βλέποντι μὲν φίλῳ
χρώμεσθ’, ἐπεὶ δ’ ὄλωλε, μὴ χρώμεσθ’ ἔτι;
Is it not shameful, to treat him as a friend while he lives,
but no longer treat him as such when he’s dead.
Euripides Hecuba 311-312

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