Theognis 1191-1194 (tr. Douglas Gerber with his text and apparatus): I do not crave to lie on a couch fit for a king when I'm dead; rather, may something good be mine while I'm alive. Thorns are as good a bed for the dead as rugs. It's all the same to him whether the bed is hard or soft. οὐκ ἔραμαι κλισμῷ βασιληΐῳ ἐγκατακεῖσθαι τεθνεώς, ἀλλά τί μοι ζῶντι γένοιτ᾿ ἀγαθόν. ἀσπάθαλοι δὲ τάπησιν ὁμοῖον στρῶμα θανόντι· τῷ ξυνόν, σκληρὸν γίνεται ἢ μαλακόν. τὸ ξύλον ἢ codd., corr. West Apparatus from Douglas Young's Teubner edition:
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