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Posterity Quotes by Ben Jonson
- That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to…
- When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his 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
- I am now speaking of rights under the Constitution, and not of moral or religious rights. I do not discuss the morals… — Stephen A. Douglas
- It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole… — Joseph Addison
- Posterity is the patriotic name for grandchildren. — Art Linkletter
- In testimony of their Respect For The Patriot of incorruptible Integrity, The Soldier of approved Valour The Statesman of consummate Wisdom; Whose… — Alexander Hamilton