Fragments - Lines 0425 - 0428

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Not to be born is the best of all things for those who live on earth,
 And not to gaze on the radiance of the keen-burning sun.
Once born, however, it is best to pass with all possible speed through Hades' gates
 And to lie beneath a great heap of earth.

© Theognis of Megara