What Latin phrase translates as "Do not speak ill of the dead"?

peasypod

"De mortuis nil nisi bonum" springs to my mind. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_mortuis_nil_nisi_bonum Aug 27 06, 6:30 PM

zbeckabee

De mortuis nil nisi bonum Do not speak ill of the dead. But if you do, don?t worry about a defamation suit. http://www.stcl.edu/faculty_pages/faculty_folders/steiner/defamation/defamation/tsld009.htm Aug 27 06, 7:12 PM

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