Posterity will do justice to that unprincipled maniac Gladstone - extraordinary mixture of envy, vindictiveness, hypocrisy and superstition; and with one commanding… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the building: posterity discovers it in the bricks… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Strangers are contemporary posterity. [Fr., Les etrangers sont la posterite contemporaine.] — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
Posterity, thinned by the crime of its ancestors, shall hear of those battles. — Horace Copy Share Image
Since it is not granted to us to live long, let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least… — E. Joseph Cossman Copy Share Image
The Constitution, when it says, "We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice,… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Now is the seedtime of continental union, faith and honor. The least fracture now, will be like a name engraved with the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
You are writing for your contemporaries - not for Posterity. If you are lucky, your contemporaries will become Posterity. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
“Almost I feel the pulsebeat of the ages, Now swift, now slow, beneath my fingertips. The heartthrobs of the prophets and the… — Grace Noll Crowell Copy Share Image
Honor, justice, and humanity, call upon us to hold, and to transmit to our posterity, that liberty which we received from our… — John Dickinson Copy Share Image
If your children look up to you, you've made a success of life's biggest job. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Like my quotes and I will like yours. post on my stuff and I will post on yours (only nice stuff), subscribe… — Me Copy Share Image
“After being turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to write for posterity.” — George Ade Copy Share Image
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Is it the lumberman, then, who is the friend and lover of the pine, stands nearest to it, and understands its nature… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
With respect to the authority of great names, it should be remembered that he alone deserves to have any weight and influence… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or… — George Mason Copy Share Image
I have my fears. Yet, notwithstanding the complicated difficulties that rise before us, there is no receding; and I should blush if… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
I have pledged my word to help people on to truth while living and - will keep my word. Let them abuse… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
The dignity of the act is the deliberate, circumspect, open, and serene performance by these men in the clear light of day,… — William M. Evarts Copy Share Image
“What interests me, personally, is work which in some way, speaks the truth to power…I don’t think we speak the truth to… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
..avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It had been happy for me if I could have lived a private life in peace and plenty, enjoying all the happiness… — Nathanael Greene Copy Share Image
