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    'Count no man until his death'. Which famous ancient Greek said that and why?

    Question #128501. Asked by gkaz4. (Dec 19 12 7:45 PM)


    davefarm

    		Solon in a conversation with Croesus,quoted below, said "I count no man happy until his death".


    Croesus, angered now, shouted: "Man of Athens, am I not the happiest man in the world? Dost thou count my happiness as nothing?" Solon replied calmly: "In truth, I count no man happy until his death, for no man can know what the gods may have in store for him. He who unites the greatest number of advantages, and retaining them to the day of his death, then dies peaceably, that man alone, sire, is in my judgment entitled to bear the name of 'happy.' But in every matter it behooves us to mark well the end: for oftentimes God gives men a gleam of happiness, and then plunges them into ruin."

    http://www.ancient.eu.com/croesus/

    Dec 19 12, 9:15 PM

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