#posterity

Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose very names posterity is ignorant? ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

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I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#consciences #doing #even #i #i think

I suggest that what we want to do is not to leave to posterity a great institution, but to leave behind a great tradition of journalism ably practiced in our time. ↗

— Henry R. Luce

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Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me? ↗

— Groucho Marx

#care #done #ever #i #i care

I'm interested in designing for posterity. ↗

— Alexander McQueen

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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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I just find that there's something about looking back on interviews, whether for purposes of remembering what I said about something or if it's for posterity when I'm 75. ↗

— Zachary Quinto

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After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity. ↗

— George Ade

#being #decided #down #had #numerous

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#imitators #posterity

Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store for everybody. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#going #judgments #lot #makes #posterity