A loss hurts once. A shameful gain hurts forever.
Chilon, Diogenes Laertius 1.70
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Chilon, Diogenes Laertius 1.70
"A loss hurts once. A shameful gain hurts forever." Chilon said it in Diogenes Laertius 1.70. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.
"ζημίαν αἱρεῖσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ κέρδος αἰσχρόν· ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἅπαξ ἐλύπησε, τὸ δὲ διὰ παντός."Original Greek, Diogenes Laertius 1.70. Greek: Hicks 1925 Loeb text via Perseus.
The Spartans (8th–4th century BC). Laconic sayings from Lycurgus, Leonidas, Dienekes and the mothers of Sparta, recorded by Herodotus and Plutarch.
A loss hurts once. A shameful gain hurts forever.
Chilon, Diogenes Laertius 1.70
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