#posterity

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#doing #fain #i #posterity #see

At some point in my life, before I was gone, I wanted to make an album, even if it was for no reason other than posterity. ↗

— Danny Aiello

#before #even #gone #i #life

The function of posterity is to look after itself. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

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We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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The Democratic Party is like a mule. It has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity. ↗

— Ignatius Donnelly

#democratic #democratic party #hope #like #mule

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#backward #confined #forward #generally #innovation

And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything. ↗

— Pierre de Fermat

#everything #having #know #me #perhaps

The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity. ↗

— Henry Clay

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Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#contemporaries #merit #person #posterity #rather