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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.
He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.
He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.
Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!
Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!
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
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.
Strangers are contemporary posterity.
[Fr., Les etrangers sont la posterite contemporaine.]
Strangers are contemporary posterity.
[Fr., Les etrangers sont la posterite contemporaine.]
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.
Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for
posterity; for what has posterity done read more
Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for
posterity; for what has posterity done for us?
