"Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind."
"There is great incongruity in this idea of monuments, since those to whom they are usually dedicated need no such recognition to embalm their memory; and any man who does, is not worthy of one."
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Source: Nathaniel Hawthorne (1851). “The Scarlet Letter”, p.103
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