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 We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I 
would fain see Posterity do something for us.  
 We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I 
would fain see Posterity do something for us. 
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else
 The man was laughed at as a blunderer who said in a public 
business: "we do much for posterity; read more 
 The man was laughed at as a blunderer who said in a public 
business: "we do much for posterity; I would fain see them do 
something for us." 
 Posterity, thinned by the crime of its ancestors, shall hear of 
those battles.
 [Lat., Audiet pugnas, vitio parentum
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 Posterity, thinned by the crime of its ancestors, shall hear of 
those battles.
 [Lat., Audiet pugnas, vitio parentum
  Rara juventus.] 
 Strangers are contemporary posterity.
 [Fr., Les etrangers sont la posterite contemporaine.]  
 Strangers are contemporary posterity.
 [Fr., Les etrangers sont la posterite contemporaine.] 
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.
The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan read more
The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England
 What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit;
 What's genuine, shall posterity inherit.
  [Ger., Was glanzt ist read more 
 What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit;
 What's genuine, shall posterity inherit.
  [Ger., Was glanzt ist fur den Augenblick geboren;
   Das Aechte bleibt der Nachwelt unverloren.] 
 Herself the solitary scion left
 Of a time-honour'd race.  
 Herself the solitary scion left
 Of a time-honour'd race.