Temenidæ, frag. 734 (Bartlett's, 1892)
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When good men die their goodness does not perish,
But lives though they are gone. As for the bad,
All that was theirs dies and is buried with them.
— Euripides
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "When good men die their goodness does not perish,
But lives though they are gone. As for the bad,
All that was theirs dies and is buried with them." in the context of "Temenidæ, frag. 734 (Bartlett's, 1892)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Euripides
Euripides (Greek: Εὐριπίδης; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek playwright.
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