#posterity

The function of posterity is to look after itself. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

#function #itself #look #posterity

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

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

#endless #existed #generation #made #merely

Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes. ↗

— Len Wein

#art #beholder #eyes #mistakes #only

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#only #our #posterity #riches #squander

And those are the Rich, who transmit what they have to their Posterity; whereby particular Families become rich; and of such are compounded Cities, Countries, Nations, etc. ↗

— Dudley North

#cities #compounded #countries #etc #families

Such as have reason, understanding, or common sense, will, and ought to make use of it in those things that concern themselves and their posterity, and suspect the words of such as are interested in deceiving or persuading them not to see with their own eyes. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

#common sense #concern #deceiving #eyes #interested

Almost I feel the pulsebeat of the ages, Now swift, now slow, beneath my fingertips. The heartthrobs of the prophets and the sages Beat through these bindings; and my quick hand slips Old books from dusty shelves, in eager seeking For truths the flaming tongues of the ancients tell; For the words of wisdom that they still are speaking As clearly as an echoing silver bell. Here is the melody that lies forever At the deep heart of living; here we keep The accurate recorded discs that never Can be quite silenced, though their makers sleep The still deep sleep, so long as a seeker finds The indelible imprint of their moving minds. ↗

— Grace Noll Crowell

#posterity #reading #age

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#flattery #more #much #nothing #posterity

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man. ↗

— Sam Houston

#give #honest #honest man #i #if i could