Peter K. Levy
Quote of the Day for 2016-08-06
"Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument, which shall endure until the sun grows cold."
— Georg Fabricius (1516-1571) in praise of Georgius Agricola in De Re Metallica (1566) as translated by Herbert and Lou Hoover (1912)
Image: [Well, maybe until America grows cold] Marilyn Monroe (circa 1950) Photograph by L. J. Willinger
This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-08-06
#death #achievement #monument #GeorgFabricius #quoteoftheday #fame
Quote of the Day for 2016-08-06
"Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument, which shall endure until the sun grows cold."
— Georg Fabricius (1516-1571) in praise of Georgius Agricola in De Re Metallica (1566) as translated by Herbert and Lou Hoover (1912)
Image: [Well, maybe until America grows cold] Marilyn Monroe (circa 1950) Photograph by L. J. Willinger
This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-08-06
#death #achievement #monument #GeorgFabricius #quoteoftheday #fame