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MELEAGER: VANITY OF VANITIES by EURIPIDES

First Line: TREAT WELL THE LIVING. DEAD MEN ARE BUT DUST
Last Line: AND SHADOW: OUR NOTHINGNESS TO NOTHING GOES.
Subject(s): VANITY;
Treat well the living. Dead men are but dust
And shadow: our nothingness to nothing goes.


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