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I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also read more
I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery.
Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.
Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.
Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!
Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!
A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.
A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else
Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will read more
Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors
Why do you ask, how long has he lived? He has lived to
posterity.
[Lat., Quid quaeris, quamdiu read more
Why do you ask, how long has he lived? He has lived to
posterity.
[Lat., Quid quaeris, quamdiu visit? Vixit ad posteros.]
Herself the solitary scion left
Of a time-honour'd race.
Herself the solitary scion left
Of a time-honour'd race.
