They who deserve honour, fail of it; and they who obtain it, do not deserve it.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Wer Ehre verdient, bekommt sie nicht; und wer sie hat, verdient sie nicht.

They who deserve honour, fail of it; and they who obtain it, do not deserve it.

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