Posterity Quotes

276 quotes by 192 authors

We do not wish incorrect and unsound doctrines to be handed down to posterity under the sanction of great names, to be received and valued… — Brigham Young
Posterity will talk of Washington as the founder of a great empire, when my name shall be lost in the vortex of revolution. — Napoleon Bonaparte
It is strange how the memory of a man may float to posterity on what he would have himself regarded as the most trifling of… — William Osler
We take the star from Heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her,… — George Washington
He who only writes to suit the taste of the age, considers himself more than his writings. We should always aim at perfection, and then… — Jean de la Bruyere
With respect to the authority of great names, it should be remembered that he alone deserves to have any weight and influence with posterity, who… — Charles Caleb Colton
Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually… — Clarence Darrow
The barbarian chieftain, who defended his country against the Roman invasion, driven to the remotest extremity of Britain, and stimulating his followers to battle, by… — John Quincy Adams
I've never had any real concern about posterity. I hope some people will be sorry when I'm not here, but I'm not playing for that. — Elvis Costello
What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person. — Charles Caleb Colton
The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be… — Charles Caleb Colton
After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but… — Isaac D'Israeli
I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have… — Rene Descartes
The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity. — Benjamin Disraeli
We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour.… — Benjamin Disraeli
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… — Sam Houston
Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America. — James Joyce
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
I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck. — Elmore Leonard

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