Saturday, August 06, 2016

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)

Marilyn Monroe (circa 1950) Photograph by L. J. Willinger
Marilyn Monroe (circa 1950) Photograph by L. J. Willinger

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