It is no great step for a poor man to his grave
He lived his life out only half alive
But when the man of plenty nears the end of his
Death yawns beneath him like a precipice.
Palladas of Alexandria lived from 360-430 AD.He was a poet and a teacher of ancient literature.He was a Greek poet who flourished in the 4th century.He lived in Alexandria, Egypt. his 151 epigrams preserved in the Greek Anthology. His poems describe the persona of a pagan schoolteacher resigned to life in a Christian city.