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Call no man happy till he is dead.
"Call no man happy till he is dead."— Aeschylus
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Meaning of this quote
A life remains vulnerable to reversal until its full course is known, so prosperity should not be judged too early.
Key takeaway:
Avoid treating present good fortune as a permanent guarantee.
Origin of the quote
Agamemnon, lines 928–929; abbreviated English rendering.
Who actually said this?
The ancient maxim also appears in the Solon tradition and in Sophocles; this is not an exclusive Aeschylus invention.
