“Unblemish'd let me live, or die unknown;
O grant an honest fame, or grant me none!”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet
Closing line.
The Temple of Fame (1711)
“Name none of the fallen, for they stand in our place, and stand there still in each moment of our lives. Let my death hold no glory, and let me die forgotten and unknown. Let it not be said that I was one among the dead to accuse the living.”
— Steven Erikson, book Deadhouse Gates
Source: Deadhouse Gates
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