Charles Caleb Colton - The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they ...

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The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Die Gesellschaft der toten Autoren hat diesen Vorteil gegenüber der der Lebenden: Sie schmeichelt uns nie vor unseren Gesichtern, verleumdet uns nicht hinter unserem Rücken, dringt nicht in unsere Privatsphäre ein und verlässt nicht ihre Regale, bis wir sie niederreißen.

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