Apophthegmata Laconica
Plutarch
Plutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol II. Vernardakēs, Grēgorios N., editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1889.
λέγοντος δέ τινος, ὅτι κακολόγος τις αὐτὸν ἐπῄνει θαυμάζω ἔφη εἰ μή τις αὐτῷ εἶπεν ὅτι ἀπέθανον· ζῶντα γὰρ ἐκεῖνος οὐδένα καλῶς λέξαι δύναται.