The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.

后人的奉承话并不比当代的奉承话值钱多少，当代的奉承话一文不值。

-- Jorge Luis Borges 豪尔赫·路易斯·博尔赫斯