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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?
As to posterity, I may ask (with somebody whom I have forgot)
what has it ever done to oblige read more
As to posterity, I may ask (with somebody whom I have forgot)
what has it ever done to oblige me?
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 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.]
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.]
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.
It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided read more
It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.
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."
A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.
A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.
