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Herself the solitary scion left
Of a time-honour'd race.
Herself the solitary scion left
Of a time-honour'd race.
Posterity gives to every man his true honor.
[Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
Posterity gives to every man his true honor.
[Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!
Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!
The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce
inferior to the hopes of the read more
The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce
inferior to the hopes of the continuance of his own life.
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.
Posterity is a most limited assembly. Those gentlemen who reach
posterity are not much more numerous than the planets.
Posterity is a most limited assembly. Those gentlemen who reach
posterity are not much more numerous than the planets.
He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons.
[It., Muore per meta chi lascia read more
He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons.
[It., Muore per meta chi lascia un' immagine di se stesso nei
figi.]
A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.
A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.
What has poster'ty done for us,
That we, lest they their rights should lose,
Should trust our read more
What has poster'ty done for us,
That we, lest they their rights should lose,
Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?
