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An expression derived from an event which took place at the court of the tyrant of Syracuse, Dionysus I.
When Damokles was prattling about the tyrant’s good fortune, Dionysus placed Damokles under a sword that was suspended by a single hair to dramatically demonstrate the precarious nature of happiness; thus the phrase, The Sword of Damokles, implies that happiness is very tenuous and should be savored whenever it is experienced.
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