Maximilian I on the journey of life

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“Live, don’t know how long,

And die, don’t know when;

Must go, don’t know where;

I am astonished I am so cheerful.”

–Inscribed with chalk (circa 1500) on a cellar wall of Schloss Tratzberg by Maximilian I; quoted in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s A Time of Gifts

Original article can be found here: Maximilian I on the journey of life