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“Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of praise. From him alone of all The powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.”
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- Source:
- Frag. 146 (trans. by Plumptre).
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 4153e8e8db7d6a9a8d91b65ad07fa70a4bfe2b0d1cb6f5deb1a39cc53640e86a
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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