Charles Caleb Colton - Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive...

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Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Deutsche Übersetzung

An den heutigen Ruhm denke wenig und an die Zukunft weniger; Das Lob, das wir erhalten, nachdem wir begraben wurden, wie die Blumen, die über unser Grab gestreut werden, mag den Lebenden befriedigend sein, aber sie sind nichts für die Toten.

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