[The infinitely small] neither have nor can have theory; it is a dangerous instrument in the hands of beginners [ ... ]… — Francois-Joseph Servois Copy Share Image
The Commonwealth of Learning is not at this time without Master-Builders, whose mighty Designs, in advancing the Sciences, will leave lasting Monuments… — John Locke Copy Share Image
What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; Whats genuine, shall posterity inherit. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
As the people of the United States enjoy the great merit of having established a system of Government on the basis of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Remember, too, that if your country has the greatest name in all the world, it is because she never bent before disaster;… — Pericles Copy Share Image
In the age-old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity's approval. — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
It has also been a great solace to me, to believe that you are engaged in vindicating to posterity the course we… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We are too careless of posterity; not considering that as they are, so the next generation will be. — William Penn Copy Share Image
If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
He only deserves to be remembered by posterity who treasures up and preserves the history of his ancestors. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Where are now the warriors of the world of the spirit? Where are those who raise their voices for truth, who lead… — Lu Xun Copy Share Image
For small erections may be finished by their first architects; grand ones, true ones, ever leave the copestone to posterity. God keep… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly, he who wants to live on after… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I work for posterity, these things requiring ages for their accomplishment. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Posterity--the forlorn child of nineteenth century optimism--grows ever harder to conceive. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The barbarian chieftain, who defended his country against the Roman invasion, driven to the remotest extremity of Britain, and stimulating his followers… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
There is no fullness of joy in the next life without a family unit, including a husband, a wife, and posterity. Further,… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
The eyes of all America are upon us, as we play our part posterity will bless or curse us. — Henry Knox Copy Share Image
The allegory of Adam and Eve eating of the tree of evil, and entailing upon their posterity the wrath of God and… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. Let… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But I hope that by the decision and authority of wise princes that sometime devout and learned men from the churches of… — Philipp Melanchthon Copy Share Image
I suggest that what we want to do is not to leave to posterity a great institution, but to leave behind a… — Henry R. Luce Copy Share Image