Cattle die, kinsmen die, and so shall you die too. But...

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Cattle die, kinsmen die, and so shall you die too. But one thing I know that never dies: the fame of a dead man's deeds.
Icelandic proverbs

Icelandic Proverbs and old sayings about death, fame, deeds, things, man.


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