We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
One of history's secrets is that the revolutionaries appeal in the eyes of posterity owes much to the traits they share with… — Christopher Caldwell Copy Share Image
Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of calumnity, pursued by a faction, may descend even to… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
We should not miss the present opportunity or we shall be blamed by posterity. — Shunroku Hata Copy Share Image
The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I don't want to be the biggest superstar. I want to be good at my job, and I want my work to… — Sonam Kapoor Copy Share Image
The love of posterity is the consequence of the necessity of death. If a man were sure of living forever here, he… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I'm not a slash-and-burn kind, and I'm also not a posterity kind. They just kind of exist on my hard drive. It's… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
Warm weather fosters growth: cold weather destroys it. Thus a man with an unsympathetic temperament has a scant joy: but a man… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
Among the sentiments of most powerful operation upon the human heart, and most highly honorable to the human character, are those of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I just find that there's something about looking back on interviews, whether for purposes of remembering what I said about something or… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
Go on, get out - last words are for fools who haven't said enough. To his housekeeper, who urged him to tell… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Historic figures have homes to visit for posterity; the Lord of history left no home. Luminaries leave libraries and write their memoirs;… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to are paid to antiquity, is a… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Hence, let us place there, carved high, as close to heaven as we can, the words of our leaders, their faces, to… — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
Forests are precious resources of the country and a wealth to be handed down to posterity. — Kim Jong-un Copy Share Image
We never thought we were writing for posterity, because at the time everyone assumed that all the great standards had already been… — Mike Stoller Copy Share Image
My brave fellows, let no sensation of satisfaction for the triumphs you have gained induce you to insult your fallen enemy. Let… — George Washington Copy Share Image
