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Posterity Quotes by Alexander Smith
- A man does not plant a tree for himself; he plants it for posterity.
- A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.
More Posterity Quotes
- Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a… — John Adams
- Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to… — Joseph Addison
- We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us. — Joseph Addison
- After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity. — George Ade
- The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing. — Jorge Luis Borges
- People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. — Edmund Burke
- The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless,… — Henry Clay
- Posterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and… — William J. Clinton