"The fame of his likes circulates briskly but soon grows heavy and stale" - and as for history it will limit his life story to the dash between two dates.

The fame of his likes circulates briskly but soon grows heavy and stale

— and as for history it will limit his life story to the dash between two dates.

Vladimir Nabokov

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