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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.]
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.]
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else
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.
A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.
A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.
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
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."
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.]
