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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
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.]
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?
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 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.
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?
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.
Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.
[Lat., Culpam majorum posteri luunt.]
Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.
[Lat., Culpam majorum posteri luunt.]
