Quote#Art
Enduring fame is ever posthumous. The orbs of virtue and genius…
Quote byAmos Bronson Alcott · 1799–1888
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Orphic Sayings (1840–1841), LX..
English (original)
Enduring fame is ever posthumous. The orbs of virtue and genius seldom culminate during their terrestrial periods. Slow is the growth of great names, slow the procession of excellence into arts, institutions, life. Ages alone reflect their fulness of lustre. The great not only unseal, but create the organs by which they are to be seen. Neither Socrates nor Jesus is yet visible to the world.
— Amos Bronson Alcott
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