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[4] The inscription on the tomb was:

Here, after snapping the thread of a wretched life, I lie.
Ye shall not learn my name, but my curses shall follow you.
This inscription he is said to have composed himself, but that in general circulation is by Callimachus:
Timon, hater of men, dwells here; so pass along;
Heap many curses on me, if thou wilt, only pass along.

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