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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.]
Strangers are contemporary posterity.
[Fr., Les etrangers sont la posterite contemporaine.]
Strangers are contemporary posterity.
[Fr., Les etrangers sont la posterite contemporaine.]
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.]
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?
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."
He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.
He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.
A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.
A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.
I despise mankind in all its strata; I foresee that our
descendants will be still far unhappier than we read more
I despise mankind in all its strata; I foresee that our
descendants will be still far unhappier than we are. Would I not
be a criminal if, notwithstanding this view, I should provide for
progeny, i.e. for unfortunates?
[Ger., Ich verachte die Menschheit in allen ihren Schichten; ich
sehe es voraus, dass unsere Nachkommen noch weit unglucklicher
sein werden, als wir. Sollte ich nicht ein Sunder sein, wenn ich
trotz dieser Ansicht fur Nachkommen, d.h. fur Ungluckliche
sorgte?
