Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead. - Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton: "Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead."

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Buried	Dead	Fame	Flowers
Future	Gratifying	Grave	Little
Living	Nothing	Over	Praises
Present	Receive	Strewed	Think

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