If one be himself hard, and have a hard heart, on him do all mortal men invoke woes for the time to come, while he still lives, and when he is dead all men mock at him.
ὃς μὲν ἀπηνὴς αὐτὸς ἔῃ καὶ ἀπηνέα εἰδῇ , τῷ δὲ καταρῶνται πάντες βροτοὶ ἄλγε' ὀπίσσω ζωῷ , ἀτὰρ τεθνεῶτί γ' ἐφεψιόωνται ἅπαντες ·
ὅς μέν ἀπηνής αὐτός εἰμί καί ἀπηνής οἶδα , ὁ δέ καταράομαι πᾶς βροτός ἄλγος ὀπίσω ζωός , ἀτάρ θνήσκω γε ἐφεψιάομαι ἅπας ·