"Was glänzt ist für den Augenblick geboren, Das Echte bleibt der Nachwelt unverloren."
— Posterity

January 1, 1970

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What gleams is the moment's, born to be Soon lost; true gold lives for posterity. — As translated by David Luke (1987)