"Ruhm muß daher erst erworben werden: die Ehre hingegen braucht bloß nicht verloren zu gehen."

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Aphorists19th-century philosophersAcademics from GermanyGerman atheistsAntinatalists
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Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost. — Vol. 1. Ch. 4: Position, or a Man's Place in the Estimation of Others, §4-Honor