Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata
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Semiramis
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caused a great tomb to be prepared for herself, and on it this inscription:
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Whatsoever king finds himself in need of money may break into this monument and take as much as he wishes.
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Darius accordingly broke into it, but found no money; he did, however, come upon another inscription reading as follows:
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If you were not a wicked man with an insatiate greed for money, you would not be disturbing the places where the dead are laid.