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    What has poster'ty done for us,
    That we, lest they their rights should lose,
    Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?

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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."

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A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.

A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.

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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.]

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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.]

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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?

by Sir Boyle Roche Found in: Posterity Quotes,
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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?

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Strangers are contemporary posterity.
[Fr., Les etrangers sont la posterite contemporaine.]

Strangers are contemporary posterity.
[Fr., Les etrangers sont la posterite contemporaine.]

by Madame De Stael Found in: Posterity Quotes,
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Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will read more

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.

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He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.

He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.

by Benjamin Disraeli Found in: Posterity Quotes,
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