mortuis

De mortuis nihil nisi bonum and all that, but let's face it: Steve Jobs was a skilled salesman, nothing more.

There's an excellent Latin phrase for all that: De mortuis nil nisi bonum.

De mortuis nil nisi bonum, but he was a bit of an annoyance.

I knew Steve, I happen to agree, but de mortuis nil nisi bonum, as they say.

Musk has his flaws, but he's not hiding them like a Bezos, a Gates or you know all the de mortuis nil nisi bonums.

Anyway, since I've just violated de mortuis nil nisi bonum, let me finish by saying that Fisher had good taste in music.

But because I have a personal interest in the subject, here's one that tracks the Latin a little more closely: De mortuis [On the dead, ] nil [nothing] nisi bonum [unless it is good] dicendum est [should be said].

Or, as the Romans afraid of a shade's retribution put it, "de mortuis nil nisi bonum", hesitating in scoring points off the dead.

> De mortibus I had to look up when this meant, I think you mean "De /mortuis/ [nil nisi bonum]" [0]?

De mortuis nihil nisi bonum "Of the dead, speak no evil"

I think what seems to trigger all the downvoting is this bit "De mortuis nihil nisi bonum and all that, but let's face it: Steve Jobs was a skilled salesman, nothing more." and "Let's keep the black bar for people who have actually made a contribution to computing." One way to counter this opinion is to just state specifically how Steve Jobs is more than a skilled salesman etc.