He is not dead who departs this life with high fame; dead is he, though living, whose brow is branded with infamy.

Tieck · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 29

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He is not dead who departs this life with high fame; dead is he, though living, whose brow is branded with infamy.

Tieck · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 29

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W. A. Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings (1893) · Detto n. 29 · attribuzione riportata: Tieck

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Whoever brings cheerfulness to his work, and is ever active, dashes through the world's labours.

Tieck · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 302